20020428008989I

Incident

FAA incident report · Mooney M20B · Amber, OK · April 28, 2002

Date
April 28, 2002 · 19:30 local
Place
Amber, OK
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N74700
Reported as
Mooney M20B
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
404 total180 in this make and model8 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.

(-23) The pilot Mr. Stanley, said he flew the aircraft from david j. perry airport, goldsby, Oklahoma, to chickasha, Oklahoma airport. He landed to a full stop, then taxied back and took off. He climbed to 3500 ft MSL, six to eight miles east northeast of chickasha, and adjusted the throttle and propeller controls for 24/24. Shortly thereafter the propeller over speeded. The pilot pulled back the propeller control and turned to return to chickasha airport. He reduced power with the throttle. The engine was running at a slower speed, so he turned again to fly to david j. perry airport. Then he heard the engine noise and checked the oil pressure, which was zero. He turned to return to chickasha, and the engine quit. The pilot landed the aircraft in a wheat field about 8 miles south of Amber, Oklahoma, on the east side of highway 92. There was no damage to the aircraft, the pilot was not injured, and no passengers were aboard.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT MR. STANLEY, SAID HE FLEW THE AIRCRAFT FROM DAVID J. PERRY AIRPORT, GOLDSBY, OKLAHOMA, TO CHICKASHA, OKLAHOMA AIRPORT. HE LANDED TO A FULL STOP, THEN TAXIED BACK AND TOOK OFF. HE CLIMBED TO 3500 FT MSL, SIX TO EIGHT MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF CHICKASHA, AND ADJUSTED THE THROTTLE AND PROPELLER CONTROLS FOR 24/24. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE PROPELLER OVER SPEEDED. THE PILOT PULLED BACK THE PROPELLER CONTROL AND TURNED TO RETURN TO CHICKASHA AIRPORT. HE REDUCED POWER WITH THE THROTTLE. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AT A SLOWER SPEED, SO HE TURNED AGAIN TO FLY TO DAVID J. PERRY AIRPORT. THEN HE HEARD THE ENGINE NOISE AND CHECKED THE OIL PRESSURE, WHICH WAS ZERO. HE TURNED TO RETURN TO CHICKASHA, AND THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A WHEAT FIELD ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF AMBER, OKLAHOMA, ON THE EAST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 92. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED, AND NO PASSENGERS WERE ABOARD.