# Accident 19740215006279A: Mooney M20E, Tunnelton, IN, February 15, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 1974
- Place: Tunnelton, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 38.7732° N, 86.3412° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tunnelton, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7732&lon=-86.3412&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2620W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2620W-2018-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 649 total, 28 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74FEA27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEA27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740215006279A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FUEL L TANK ABT 1/2 GAL R TANK ABT 6 GAL.WHEN ENG SPUTTERED SWITCHED R TO L TO R THEN ENG QUIT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI74FEA27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEA27), Feb 15, 1974: Mooney M20E (N2620W), Tunnelton, IN, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.