# Incident 19970713029619I: Mooney M20F, Spokane, WA, July 13, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1997, 16:10 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Airport: Spokane International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6190° N, 117.5352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPOKANE INTL (GEG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6190&lon=-117.5352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3275F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3275F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Reported engine: CONT IO360A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 334 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970713029619I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON SCENE INVESTIGATION ON 7-13-97 FOUND AIRCRAFT PARKED IN A WHEAT FIELD WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. NO INJURIES. PILOT AND PASSENGER (WIFE) EXITED AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE CABIN DOOR AFTER THE A/C CAME TO REST. A/C DEPARTED SPOKANE AIRPORT (GEG) AT 1600 ON 7-13-97. ON CLIMB AT APPROX 3400 FEET THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE EGT INDICATOR SHOWED HIGH EXHAUST TEMP.HE WENT TO FULL RICH MIXTURE, SWITCHED ON THE BOOST PUMP, SWITCHED TANKS TO NO AVAIL. THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND THEN STOPPED. THE PROPELLER CONTINUED TO WINDMILL. A LANDING AT AN AIRPORT WAS NOT POSSIBLE AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO PUT IT DOWN IN THE WHEAT FIELD. HE TOUCHED DOWN AT 80 KNOTS, TRAVELED 175 YARDS, CROSSED UNDER POWER LINES, ROLLED ACROSS 5 MILE ROAD, COLLAPSED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR AND STOPPED IN ANOTHER WHEAT FIELD. OBVIOUS DAMAGE TO THE A/C INCLUDES POPPED RIVETS AND SMALL WRINKLES ON THE TOP OF THE INBOARD LEFT WING AND A GENTLE BEND BACK OF THE PROP TIPS. BY 1930 THAT EVENING THE A/C HAD BEEN PUT BACK ON ITS GEAR AND TOWED TO A SAFER LOCATION. A CAREFUL EVALUATION OF THE DEFINITION OF "SUBSTANTIAL" DAMAGE IN 8020.11A CAUSES THIS DAMAGE TO BE CLASSIFIED AS "MINOR." THE PILOT FILLED OUT NTS B FORM 6120.1/2. ISSUED FERRY PERMIT FOR FLIGHT TO LAKEPORT, CA ON 9-9-97. NOTIFIED WICHITA ACO OF POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTORY CAUSE BEING WATER TRAPPED IN BLADDER TYPE FUEL CELLS INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH STC SA2277CE. ENGINEER PAUL PENDLETON TO REVIEW STC ON FRIDAY 9-12-97. MECHANIC PREPARING A/C FOR FLIGHT IS HAROLD MORGAN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N3275F (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20200915019809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200915019809I), Sep 15, 2020: Mooney M20F (N3275F), Dulles, VA, Minor damage. N3275F is a 1967 Mooney M20F [privacy data omitted]. The standard a/w certificate date is 26 may 1967 and The valid registration certification issue date is 9…
- [Incident 20080101012899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080101012899I), Jan 1, 2008: Mooney M20F (N3275F), Pompano Beach, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On January 01, 2008 Mooney M-20F, registration number N3275F was being flown from melborne, FL to Pompano Beach, FL. Several minutes after joining the…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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