# Incident 20150603007659I: Mooney M20K, Wharton, TX, June 3, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2015, 11:45 local time
- Place: Wharton, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3176° N, 96.1023° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wharton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3176&lon=-96.1023&mi=10
- Aircraft: N321JY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360-CB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 562 total, 200 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150603007659I

## Narrative

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

PRIVATE PILOT ON A PERSONAL LOCAL FLIGHT CONDUCTING INSTRUMENT FLIGHT AND INSTRUMENT APPROACHES PRACTICE. AFTER COMPLETING A GPS APPROACH INTO RUNWAY 14 AT WHARTON REGIONAL AIRPORT (ARM), THE PILOT EXECUTED A TOUCH AND GO LANDING FOLLOWED BY AN IMMEDIATE DEPARTURE TO THE SOUTHEAST. AT APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET AGL DURING THE CLIMB THE ENGINE SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER. ALL ATTEMPTS BY THE PILOT TO RESTORE POWER WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE PILOT EXECUTED A GEAR UP LANDING INTO A SOFT WATER SOAKED GRASS FIELD APPROXIMATELY  ONE AND ONE HALF NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PROPELLER WAS BENT IN A MANNER INDICATING LOW OR NO POWER WAS BEING PRODUCED BY THE ENGINE. THE WINGS, EMPENNAGE AND ALL CONTROL SURFACES VISIBLE APPEARED TO BE INTACT WITH NO DAMAGE. THE PITOT TUBE WAS BROKEN OFF FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEFT WING AND ANTENNA POSSIBLY FOR THE ILS OR LOCALIZER WAS FOUND APPROXIMATELY 30 YARD FROM THE AIRCRAFT IN THE GROUND SCARS.

INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE BAY SHOWED BLUE STAINS FROM LEAKING FUEL ON THE TOP OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE AND ON TOP OF THE RIGHT CYLINDER BANKS. A BRASS FITTING FROM THE FUEL PUMP TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE THROTTLE BODY WAS BROKEN FLUSH WITH THE THROTTLE BODY SURFACE.

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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