At 20:30 central time, a Mooney M20R was damaged during a forced landing right after takeoff at the Talihina Municipal Airport. The pilot was not injured. The pilot told investigators he took off from runway 1 and was three-quarters of the way down the runway when the engine started to cough. He attempted to land the airplane on the remaining runway but the airplane overran the runway and struck a ditch and bushes. The pilot said the airplane was only a few weeks old and, a week prior to the accident the engine had exhibited the same problem. The manufacturer and the pilots mechanic replaced the fuel pump as a corrective measure.
June 27, Talihina, Okla. / Mooney Ovation
At 20:30 central time, a Mooney M20R was damaged during a forced landing right after takeoff at the Talihina Municipal Airport. The pilot was not injured. The pilot told investigators he took off from runway 1 and was three-quarters of the way down the runway when the engine started to cough. He attempted to land the airplane on the remaining runway but the airplane overran the runway and struck a ditch and bushes. The pilot said the airplane was only a few weeks old and, a week prior to the accident the engine had exhibited the same problem. The manufacturer and the pilots mechanic replaced the fuel pump as a corrective measure....
Key Takeaways:
- A Mooney M20R sustained damage during a forced landing right after takeoff at Talihina Municipal Airport due to an engine malfunction.
- The pilot was uninjured, but the aircraft overran the runway, striking a ditch and bushes.
- The new aircraft's engine had exhibited the same "coughing" problem a week prior, leading to a fuel pump replacement that evidently did not resolve the issue.
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