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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Plains, TX · February 3, 2018

Date: February 3, 2018 · 12:30 local
Place: Plains, TX
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2138R
Reported as: Mooney M20E
Reported engine: Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 388 total346 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N2138RRegistered now · Mooney M20ES/N 646 · Built 1965 Airframe modelMooney M20E Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

February 3, 2018, at approximately 1227 CDT, N2138R, a Mooney M20E, registered to the pilot privacy data omitted, experienced a sudden loss of engine power while in cruise flight from lubbock executive airport to roswell air center. The pilot successfully executed a power-off forced landing on a nearby farm road. The aircraft was operated on a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a flight plan was not filed. The aircraft was not damaged and the pilot was uninjured. The flight originated from lubbock, TX on February 3, 2018, at approximately 1200 CDT.

As the FAA filed it

FEBRUARY 3, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 1227 CDT, N2138R, A MOONEY M20E, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT FROM LUBBOCK EXECUTIVE AIRPORT TO ROSWELL AIR CENTER. THE PILOT SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTED A POWER-OFF FORCED LANDING ON A NEARBY FARM ROAD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LUBBOCK, TX ON FEBRUARY 3, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 CDT.