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A mooney pilot descends early after he loses his AC power while IMC at 5000 ft 20 mi southeast of waco on the way to his home field at uts, tx.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 508874 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200104 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : act.airport |
| Altitude | msl single value : 5000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : act.tracon |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | M-20 Scotsman |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 46.9 flight time total : 2121 flight time type : 174.2 |
| ASRS Report | 508874 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude inflight encounter : weather non adherence : clearance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment other atc equipment : radar aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : radio other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
IFR in clouds at assigned altitude 5000 ft MSL. Waco approach control reported my mooney lost transponder signal. I tried to radio back, but only static. Then navigation/communications and GPS flickered off. Autoplt stopped functioning. I maintained altitude and heading at 5000 ft, as assigned, and continued as per filed flight plan from ama to uts. I got my battery pwred handheld GPS from flight bag, turned on and entered direct uts. Flew to LOA, tx, descended to 2000 ft MSL, GPS-a direct ambee direct kashe, then descended to 1000 ft MSL. Then had visual with airport uts, huntsville, tx. I landed and unicom reported ZHU on phone missing me. I requested that they close flight plan. Took my cell phone and called montgomery county FSS and reconfirmed that close.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A MOONEY PLT DSNDS EARLY AFTER HE LOSES HIS AC PWR WHILE IMC AT 5000 FT 20 MI SE OF WACO ON THE WAY TO HIS HOME FIELD AT UTS, TX.
Narrative: IFR IN CLOUDS AT ASSIGNED ALT 5000 FT MSL. WACO APCH CTL RPTED MY MOONEY LOST XPONDER SIGNAL. I TRIED TO RADIO BACK, BUT ONLY STATIC. THEN NAV/COMS AND GPS FLICKERED OFF. AUTOPLT STOPPED FUNCTIONING. I MAINTAINED ALT AND HDG AT 5000 FT, AS ASSIGNED, AND CONTINUED AS PER FILED FLT PLAN FROM AMA TO UTS. I GOT MY BATTERY PWRED HANDHELD GPS FROM FLT BAG, TURNED ON AND ENTERED DIRECT UTS. FLEW TO LOA, TX, DSNDED TO 2000 FT MSL, GPS-A DIRECT AMBEE DIRECT KASHE, THEN DSNDED TO 1000 FT MSL. THEN HAD VISUAL WITH ARPT UTS, HUNTSVILLE, TX. I LANDED AND UNICOM RPTED ZHU ON PHONE MISSING ME. I REQUESTED THAT THEY CLOSE FLT PLAN. TOOK MY CELL PHONE AND CALLED MONTGOMERY COUNTY FSS AND RECONFIRMED THAT CLOSE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.