# Accident 19810828058289A: Mooney M20E, San Antonio, TX, August 28, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1981, 23:50 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4241° N, 98.4936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Antonio, TX, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4241&lon=-98.4936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55FE-2018-04-18) (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: 5,431 total, 1,215 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FRG61](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRG61) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810828058289A

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON FREEWAY OUT OF FUEL. REFUELED. WINGTIP STRUCK PHOTOGRAPHER STANDING ON EDGE OF ROAD DURING TAKEOFF.

## 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 FTW81FRG61](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRG61), Aug 28, 1981: Mooney M20E (N55FE), San Antonio, TX, minor damage

## Other reports on N55FE (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20110629013029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110629013029A), Jun 29, 2011: Mooney M20E (N55FE), Jacksonville, TX, Substantial damage. On June 29 2011 the dallas FSDO received a phone call of N55FE piloted by [privacy data omitted] crashing in a field 6 miles east of the town of frankston…
- [Incident 19881127066349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881127066349I), Nov 27, 1988: Mooney M20E (N55FE), Garden City, KS, Minor damage. Fuel exhaustion on an IFR crosscountry flight. Landed on a road. One fuel gauge was registering 25 pounds.

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.

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