# Incident 20200424001099I: Mooney M20C, Maricopa, AZ, April 24, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2020, 18:37 local time
- Place: Maricopa, AZ
- Airport: Ak-Chin
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0273° N, 112.0851° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AK-CHIN (2AN2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0273&lon=-112.0851&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6958V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6958V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (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 M20C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200424001099I

## Narrative

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

MARICOPA, AZ (A39): N6958V, M20P, WAS A VFR HAND OFF FROM LUF TO WILLY ENROUTE TO SDL. PILOT WAS INITIALLY ISSUED THE EAST TRANSITION AND TO MAINTAIN 055, PILOT ACKNOWLEDGED. SHORTLY AFTER THAT, PILOT DECLARED MAYDAY DUE TO LEAKING FUEL; THE CONTROLLER BEGAN TO ISSUE MULTIPLE AIRPORTS AS AN OPTION, PILOT ACKNOWLEDGED, THEN STATED THEY WERE TURNING OFF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DUE TO THE FUEL LEAK. APPEARED THE ACFT WAS DIVERTING TO (A39) AK-CHIN AIRPORT. PHX PD AIR SUPPORT WAS IMMEDIATELY DISPATCHED TO THE AREA IN CASE OF AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING. PILOT EVENTUALLY LANDED W/OUT INCIDENT, LATER REPORTING FUEL HAD LEAKED INTO THE COCKPIT W/ SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. NO DMG/INJ REPORTED.

## Other reports on N6958V (2)

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

- [Accident 20040312003339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040312003339A), Mar 12, 2004: Mooney M20C (N6958V), Clovis, NM, Minor damage. (-23) On March 12, 2004, at approximately 10:30 am PST, the pilot departed on an IFR flight from concord, California, to his home in ardmore, Oklahoma. The…
- [Incident 19860426026109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860426026109I), Apr 26, 1986: Mooney M20C (N6958V), Greeley, CO, Minor damage. Returned for landing when pilot thought he smelled smoke. Gear not extended until propeller struck runway.

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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