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Incident

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Watonga, OK · November 25, 1995

Date
November 25, 1995 · 06:25 local
Place
Watonga, OK
Airport
Watonga Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N101KU
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1B6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,293 total1,550 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: the pilot stated that on a flight from alpine, Texas, to Kansas city, Kansas while in level flight approximately eight miles south of Watonga, Oklahoma municipal airport, oil started developing on his windscreen (no other indications of a problem). He declared an emergency, then started climb. Requested vector to nearest airport. Instructed to vector 15 degrees to left runway 61/2 miles. Throttled back, made visual approach and landed uneventfully. A malfunction or defect report submitted. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT ON A FLIGHT FROM ALPINE, TEXAS, TO KANSAS CITY, KANSAS WHILE IN LEVEL FLIGHT APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MILES SOUTH OF WATONGA, OKLAHOMA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, OIL STARTED DEVELOPING ON HIS WINDSCREEN (NO OTHER INDICATIONS OF A PROBLEM). HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, THEN STARTED CLIMB. REQUESTED VECTOR TO NEAREST AIRPORT. INSTRUCTED TO VECTOR 15 DEGREES TO LEFT RUNWAY 61/2 MILES. THROTTLED BACK, MADE VISUAL APPROACH AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT SUBMITTED. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.