# Incident 20090613010199I: Mooney M20M, Imperial, NE, June 13, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2009, 07:15 local time
- Place: Imperial, NE
- Airport: Imperial Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5103° N, 101.6201° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at IMPERIAL MUNI (IML), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5103&lon=-101.6201&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2231X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2231X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20M (registry code 5870222, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20M
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090613010199I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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