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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20M · Imperial, NE · June 13, 2009

Date
June 13, 2009 · 07:15 local
Place
Imperial, NE
Airport
Imperial Municipal
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N2231X
Reported as
Mooney M20M
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 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) At a crusing altitude of 21,000 feet MSL the engine quit. The pilot declared an emergency and was vectored to Imperial, Nebraska by denver ATC. Descending through 8,000 MSL the engine regained partial power and an uneventful landing was completed. It was found that the turbocharger center bearing had seized and caused it to malfunction.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AT A CRUSING ALTITUDE OF 21,000 FEET MSL THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND WAS VECTORED TO IMPERIAL, NEBRASKA BY DENVER ATC. DESCENDING THROUGH 8,000 MSL THE ENGINE REGAINED PARTIAL POWER AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS COMPLETED. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TURBOCHARGER CENTER BEARING HAD SEIZED AND CAUSED IT TO MALFUNCTION.