# Incident 20050725016869I: Mooney M20E, Weslaco, TX, July 25, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2005, 11:15 local time
- Place: Weslaco, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1605° N, 97.9877° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Weslaco, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1605&lon=-97.9877&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79368, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N79368) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050725016869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS WAS A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM LAREDO TO BROWNSVILLE. NEAR WESLACO THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE LOST POWER AND QUIT. THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) ELECTED TO MAKE A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD AFTER UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE ENGINE. THERE WERE TWO SOULS ON BOARD AND NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE INCIDENT SITE INVESTIGATION REVEALED A FUEL GAUGE DISCREPANCY WITH ACTUAL FUEL IN TANKS. THE RIGHT TANK HAD NO FUEL AS CHECKED VISUALLY AND BOOST PUMP OPERATION. YET, THE COCKPIT GAUGE SHOWED A QUARTER OF A TANK. THE LEFT FUEL TANK HAD FIVE INCHES OF FUEL WHEN CHECKED VISUALLY AND THE FUEL PRESSURE INCREASED WHEN THE BOOST PUMP WAS ACTIVATED. THE COCKPIT GAUGE FOR THE LEFT FUEL TANK SHOWED BELOW EMPTY.

## Other reports on N79368 (1)

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

- [Incident 19980217011179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980217011179I), Feb 17, 1998: Mooney M20E (N79368), Laredo, TX. Narrative: on February 18, 1998, at 19:30 hours, a Mooney-20-E owned by allen holmgreen, and operated by robert b. clayton out of san antonio, TX landed on a…

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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