# NTSB CEN26LA287: Mooney M20G, N6916N, Luling, TX, August 13, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: August 13, 2026, 13:02 local (18:02 UTC)
- Place: Luling, TX
- Coordinates: 29.7389, -97.7094 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7389&lon=-97.7094&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203588
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN26LA287
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203588/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA287

## Preliminary report

On August 13, 2026, about 1302 central daylight time, a Mooney M20G airplane, N6916N, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Luling, Texas. The pilot received minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 personal flight. According to ADS-B data, the flight originated from the David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport (DWH), Houston, Texas, about 1058. The airplane proceeded to the west-southwest toward San Antonio, Texas, for about an hour. About this time, the pilot contacted San Antonio Approach Control and declared an emergency. The pilot informed the air traffic controller that the airplane’s engine had lost power. The controller advised the pilot of an airport 7 miles northeast. The pilot requested a vector to the airport which the controller supplied. The pilot later reported having the airport in-sight before the airplane’s position reports ceased. The pilot reported that he executed a forced landing to a road. He said that during the landing roll, the airplane’s left wingtip contacted vegetation along the side of the road which pulled the airplane to the left. The main landing gear went onto the shoulder of the road and the airplane veered off the road and struck trees. The airplane sustained substantial damage to its left wing.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Mooney M-20G, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=5870216), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6916N](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6916N), registered now, S/N 680140, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20G
- Registry model: [Mooney M-20G](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m-20g) (registry code 5870216) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 680140
- Year built: 1968
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: DWH, Houston, TX
- Destination: SAT, San Antonio, TX
- Equipment: Stall warning system, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 97 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.97 inHg
- Observed at: KBAZ, 18 nm away
- METAR: METAR KBAZ 131751Z 19013KT 10SM FEW050 36/21 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP138 T03610206 10361 20256 58006

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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