A MOONEY 20J PLT LANDS AFTER RECEIVING NO GYRO VECTORS FROM ATC; REFUELS AND DEPARTS WITHOUT REPAIRS; RECEIVING VECTORS FOR DEST FROM CTLRS AT FLO; SC.

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A MOONEY 20 WAS INBOUND TO FLORENCE REGIONAL. HE HAD LOST HIS VACUUM; CAUSING THE WING LEVELER ON THE AUTOPLT TO MALFUNCTION; HAD NO DIRECTIONAL GYRO; NO ARTIFICIAL HORIZON; AND NO TURN COORDINATOR. THE PLT WAS NOT VERY FLUENT WITH ENGLISH; AND HAD A DIFFICULT TIME FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS. WITH SOME NO-GYRO VECTORS FROM THE APCH CTLR AND TWR CTLR; HE SAFELY LANDED THE ACFT. DESPITE BEING A 'HAND FULL;' THE PLT LANDED SAFELY; AND NOTHING SEEMED TOO UNUSUAL AT THE TIME. 2 HRS LATER; THE MOONEY DEPARTED FLO; ENRTE TO IAG REQUESTING ATC VECTORS TO MARTINSBURG; WV; THEN IAG. HE STILL HAD NO VACUUM (DIRECTIONAL GYRO; HORIZON; TURN COORDINATOR); AND WAS RELYING ON ATC TO GET HIM GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. HE WAS NOT USING PILOTAGE; AND COULD NOT HOLD HDGS WITH THE MAGNETIC COMPASS. HE STATED EARLIER THAT HE WAS NOT USED TO FLYING WITHOUT THE AUTOPLT. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT KIND OF IMPACT HE HAD ON OTHER ATC FACILITIES OR IF HE EVEN MADE IT TO HIS DESTINATION. A CALL BY ME TO THE FBO REVEALED THAT THE PLT WOULD NOT WAIT OVERNIGHT FOR THE ACFT TO BE REPAIRED. ANOTHER CASE OF GET HOMEITIS. IN MY OPINION; THIS WAS A VERY UNSAFE SIT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE CTLR RPTR STATED THAT THE PLT HAD LANDED LONG; ABOUT 1/2 WAY DOWN THE RWY; BARELY STOPPING THE ACFT BEFORE GOING OFF THE END. HE STAYED AT THE FBO FOR ABOUT 2 HRS; GETTING 33 GALLONS OF FUEL AND THEN DEPARTED. RPTR WAS CONCERNED OVER HIS HURRIED DEP WITHOUT HAVING FIXED THE ACFT. HE STATED THAT THE PLT WAS 'FOREIGN LOOKING' WITH A HVY ACCENT; FROM THE MIDDLE EAST; AN OLDER PERSON IN HIS EARLY SEVENTIES WITH WHITE HAIR AND A MUSTACHE. THE FBO PERSON HAD TOLD THE CTLR THAT THE PLT; WHOSE NAME HE HAD FROM A CREDIT CARD RECEIPT; HAD BEEN THERE A TOTAL OF 3 TIMES; LAST AUGUST AND LAST APRIL. THE ACFT WAS REGISTERED TO A NON EXISTENT CORPORATION IN SOMERSET; PA. THE FLT HAD COME FROM A DEP POINT SOMEWHERE S OF FLORENCE.