# Incident 19830522028819I: Mooney M20C, Corpus Christi, TX, May 22, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1983, 17:53 local time
- Place: Corpus Christi, TX
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8006° N, 97.3964° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Corpus Christi, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8006&lon=-97.3964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6934N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6934N-2005-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,197 total, 1,174 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830522028819I

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL DURING A VOR APPROACH. LANDED ON A ROAD. HAD FAILED TO CHECK FUEL LAST FIVE FLIGHTS.

## Other reports on N6934N (1)

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

- [Accident 20040103000019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040103000019A), Jan 3, 2004: Mooney M20C (N6934N), Amarillo, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) Pilot departed runway 35 at tradewinds airport for a VFR flight to lamesa, TX. He obtained a VFR clearance from Amarillo ATC. Within 3 minutes of turning…

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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