41.4874° N, 91.7018° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Kalona, IA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 8, 1981 · 17:00 local
Place
Kalona, IA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N7821V
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total1,500 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Zh za pilot ran out of fuel and landed in a field short of the airport.
As the FAA filed it
ZH ZA PILOT RAN OUT OF FUEL AND LANDED IN A FIELD SHORT OF THE AIRPORT.