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 was damaged during a forced landing shortly after takeoff at Talihina Municipal Airport due to engine problems, though the pilot was uninjured.
- The pilot reported the engine began "coughing" three-quarters down the runway, leading to an attempted emergency landing that overran the runway, hitting a ditch and bushes.
- The brand-new aircraft had exhibited the same engine issue a week prior, prompting a fuel pump replacement by the manufacturer and mechanic, which failed to prevent this incident.
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