20240523005599I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Liberty, MO · May 23, 2024

Date
May 23, 2024 · 14:00 local
Place
Liberty, MO
Airport
Midwest National Air Center
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N9633M
Reported as
Mooney M20F
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

The engine lost power for unknown reasons during cruise flight and the pilot executed an emergency landing into a field with no damage to the aircraft. On-site investigation revealed a mechanically locked engine.

No other abnormalities were noted in the field.

As the FAA filed it

THE ENGINE LOST POWER FOR UNKNOWN REASONS DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AND THE PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING INTO A FIELD WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. ON-SITE INVESTIGATION REVEALED A MECHANICALLY LOCKED ENGINE.

NO OTHER ABNORMALITIES WERE NOTED IN THE FIELD.