# Accident 20071009828169A: Mooney M20F, Alamo, NV, October 9, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2007, 11:20 local time
- Place: Alamo, NV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2533° N, 115.1033° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2533&lon=-115.1033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9612M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9612M-2013-08-08) (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: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 250 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071009828169A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND 5 MILES NORTH OF ALAMO, NV, DUE TO LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE AND ENGINE POWER AT 091244PDT. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE TWO OCCUPANTS WERE NOT INJURED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS: LEFT WING HAD SPAR DAMAGE AND SKIN DAMAGE. PROP HAD ONE BLADE THAT WAS DAMAGED AND BENT AFT. THE PROP WAS NOT TURNING AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. LEFT SIDE FWD OF WIND SCREEN AND AFT OF FIREWALL WAS RIPPLED. LEFT FUEL TANK APPEARED TO BE EMPTY. THE RT FUEL TANK WAS FULL ALL THE WAY TO THE FILLER CAP. THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT BE SEEN BUT WAS NO EVIDENCE OF LOSS OF OIL ON THE REST OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT IS NOW IN PHOENIX AZ AWAITING ENGINE INSPECTION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX08LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA008), Oct 9, 2007: Mooney M20F (N9612M), Alamo, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the number 2 cylinder piston compression ring, which resulted in oil exhaustion and a catastrophic internal engine failure.

## Other reports on N9612M (1)

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

- [Incident 19991024031519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991024031519I), Oct 24, 1999: Mooney M20F (N9612M), Ellensburg, WA, Minor damage. (-23) Witnesses at the eln airport observed the aircraft during the landing and the gear appeared to be extended. Pilot charneski stated that the gear…

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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