# Incident 20100502033809I: Mooney M20J, Bagdad, AZ, May 2, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2010, 10:05 local time
- Place: Bagdad, AZ
- Airport: Bagdad Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5929° N, 113.1719° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BAGDAD (E51), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5929&lon=-113.1719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9158D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9158D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360
- 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/20100502033809I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED CONDITIONS WERE VMC WITH INTERMITTENT MILD TURBULENCE.  HE WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WITH FLIGHT FOLLOWING. WEATHER BRIEFING WERE OBTAINED FROM CDC DUATS ONLINE, AND UPDATED BY FLIGHT SERVICE BY PHONE IMMEDIATELY BEFORE HE TAKEOFF. WHILE FLYING AT 10500, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED ENGINE PROBLEMS FIRST MANIFESTING AS RISING EGT'S WHICH REQUIRED INCREASING FUEL FLOW TO MAINTAIN CORRECT EGT TEMPERATURES. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE FUEL TANKS WITH NO CHANGE IN OBSERVED ENGINE OPERATION. HE NOTICED NO ENGINE MISFIRES, OR ROUGHNESS. HOWEVER, ABOUT 4 MINUTES AFTER THIS EVENT BEGAN, HE NOTICED THE #3 ENGINE CYLINDER DECREASING IN TEMPERATURE, BUT NO NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCES IN  ENGINE OPERATION. AT THIS POINT IN TIME HE DECIDED TO TURN TOWARD THE NEAREST AIRPORT, (E51) BAGDAD ARIZONA IN WHICH HE WAS APPROXIMATELY 16 MILES AWAY FROM REGARDING HIS PRESENT LOCATION AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY INFORMING ATC THAT HE WAS HAVING ENGINE DIFFICULTIES.  THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT WITH ENGINE POWER PRESENT HOWEVER, IMMEDIATELY UPON MAKING A SAFE LANDING, THE ENGINE QUIT OPERATING AND HE WAS UNABLE TO TAXI OFF THE RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N9158D (1)

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

- [Accident 20220612010379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220612010379A), Jun 12, 2022: Mooney M20J (N9158D), Charleston, SC, Minor damage. On June 12 2022 at approximately 0150 a Mooney M20J sustained a gear up landing. The PIC departed mdw on a IFR flight plan to lro. Upon arrival the PIC…

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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