# Incident 20010925033139I: Mooney M20E, Universal City, TX, September 25, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2001, 11:30 local time
- Place: Universal City, TX
- Airport: Randolph Afb
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5289° N, 98.2780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RANDOLPH AFB (RND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5289&lon=-98.2780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N115RC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N115RC-2012-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,260 total, 3,260 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010925033139I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPT. 25, 2001, AT 11:30 AM A MOONEY 20-E OPERATED BY RICHARD D. ZEPHRO, DID AN EMERGENCY LANDING INTO RANDOLPH AFB TEXAS, DURING A FLIGHT FROM SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS TO NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED, AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOTS CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS ON SEPT. 25, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:20 AM. THE CAUSE OF THE EMERGENCY WAS DUE TO A BENT STEM IN THE DIAPHRAGM OF THE FUEL SERVO. DURING THE INTERNAL INSPECTION OF THE FUEL SERVO, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE DIAPHRAGM CONTAINED SOME FOREIGN MATTER, (POSSIBLY DIRT). IT APPEARS THAT THE FOREIGN MATTER CONTRIBUTED TO THE BENDING OF THE STEM OF THE DIAPHRAGM.

## Other reports on N115RC (4)

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

- [Accident 20070619014119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070619014119A), Jun 19, 2007: Mooney M20E (N115RC), Van, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On June 19, 2007, at approximately 15:30 local time, Mooney aircraft model Mooney-20-3, serial number 627, N115RC departed airport 5XS5, VMC weather…
- [Incident 19930424015779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930424015779I), Apr 24, 1993: Mooney M20E (N115RC), Austin, TX. Loss of engine power at liftoff. Landed on taxiway. Fuel pump had failed.
- [Incident 19910202001519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910202001519I), Feb 2, 1991: Mooney M20E (N115RC), Austin, TX, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing rollout. The roll pins were sheared in both nose gear retraction bungees.
- [Incident 19791109055219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791109055219I), Nov 9, 1979: Mooney M20E (N115RC), Superior, NE, Minor damage. Landing gear collapsed during rollout. Tests showed gear system working normally, but airspeed switch missing.

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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