# Incident 20130311003169I: Mooney M20F, Mather, CA, March 11, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2013, 16:35 local time
- Place: Mather, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5484° N, 121.2838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mather, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5484&lon=-121.2838&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7093V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7093V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130311003169I

## Narrative

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

FROM THE DAILY REPORT: EXPERIENCED LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE AND COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE ON SHORT FINAL TO RWY 4R.  LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

PILOT'S STATEMENT: "INITIALLY ON CLIMB OUT OIL TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE WAS NORMAL.  THE FIRST INDICATION OF A PROBLEM WAS RISING OIL TEMPERATURE EVENTUALLY RESULTING IN AN EDM ALARM FOR HIGH OIL TEMPERATURE.  I HAD INITIALLY ATTEMPTED TO STABILIZE THE TEMPERATURE BY REDUCING POWER.  OIL PRESSURE WAS NORMAL AT THAT POINT.  DESPITE REDUCING POWER OIL TEMPERATURE CONTINUED TO RISE.  I WAS WATCHING THE OIL PRESSURE AT THE SAME TIME AND THEN SAW THE PRESSURE STARTING TO DECREASE, BUT STILL IN THE GREEN.  SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO.  THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO OPERATE NORMALLY FOR ABOUT 60 SECONDS BEFORE IT STARTED SHAKING.  ON INITIAL ROLL OUT THE ENGINE WINDMILLED NORMALLY BUT THEN CAME TO A STOP BEFORE I COULD EXIT THE RUNWAY.  PULLING THE PROP THROUGH BY HAND I WAS ONLY ABOUT TO GET ABOUT 1 TURN BEFORE THE PROP HIT A SOLID RESISTANCE."

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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