# Incident 20080205009839I: Mooney M20C, Ben Wheeler, TX, February 5, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2008, 14:14 local time
- Place: Ben Wheeler, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4465° N, 95.7019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ben Wheeler, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4465&lon=-95.7019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6529U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6529U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080205009839I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED (5XS5) ENROUTE TO TYLER AIRPORT TO PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APPROACHES. AIRCRAFT WAS 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF TYLER AT 2200 FEET WHEN THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO SWITCH FROM THE RIGHT FUEL TANK TO THE LEFT TNAK. THE FUEL SELECTOR ROTATED APPROXIMATELY 80 DEGREES THEN SEIZED IN THE CENTER POSITION CAUSING FUEL STARVATION TO THE ENGINE. THE PILOT THEN TURNED THE AIRCRAFT SOUTH INTO THE WIND AND PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A SPARSELY POPULATED DEVELOPMENT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SUCCESSFULLY IN A GRASS FIELD AND THEN VEERED LEFT ONTO A STREET RESULTING IN THE LEFT WING TIP CONTACTING A STONE MAILBOX AND THE RIGHT AILERON DRAGGING ALONG A DITCH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

## Other reports on N6529U (1)

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

- [Incident 20221122017679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221122017679I), Nov 22, 2022: Mooney M20C (N6529U), Shelbyville, IN, Minor damage. Pilot was attempting a second touch and go landing at Shelbyville airport. Just after touchdown the johnson bar used for raising and lowering the landing 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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