# Incident 20160504007829I: Mooney M20A, Big Spring, TX, May 4, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2016, 13:00 local time
- Place: Big Spring, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 2USS
- Location: 32.2383° N, 101.4857° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Spring, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2383&lon=-101.4857&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8308E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8308E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20A (registry code 5870204, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 792 total, 5 in this make and model, 193 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160504007829I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 4, 2016, AT 1300 CDT, N8308E, MOONEY M20A, LOST POWER AFTER TAKE-OFF AND MADE A FORCED LANDING ON A ROADWAY PARALLEL TO RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N8308E (1)

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

- [Incident 19870618036499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870618036499I), Jun 18, 1987: Mooney M20A (N8308E), Bountiful, UT, Minor damage. The gear collapsed on landing when the pilot porpoised the aircraft.

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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