# Incident 20220727013229I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Pecos, TX, July 27, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2022, 19:30 local time
- Place: Pecos, TX
- Airport: Pecos Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3824° N, 103.5107° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PECOS MUNI (PEQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3824&lon=-103.5107&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9384R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9384R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORP. M20K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220727013229I

## Narrative

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

ON 07/27/2022, AT APPROXIMATELY 1930 HOURS THE PILOT OF MOONEY MODEL M20K-231^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 20.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON I20 APPROXIMATLY 2 MILES EAST OF PEQ WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE #6 CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD FAILED CAUSING CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE.

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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