# Accident 19870430013169A: Mooney M20K, Long Beach, CA, April 30, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1987, 08:28 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8110° N, 118.1806° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8110&lon=-118.1806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231MW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N231MW-2025-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360GB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 690 total, 321 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX87FA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87FA198) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870430013169A

## Narrative

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

FUEL STARVATION ON ILS SHORT FINAL. STRUCK BUILDING. FUEL SELECTOR ON EMPTY TANK. NOT SIGNED OFF FOR FILING IFR.

## 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 LAX87FA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87FA198), Apr 30, 1987: Mooney M20K (N231MW), Long Beach, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N231MW (2)

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

- [Accident 20241017017339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241017017339A), Oct 17, 2024: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N231MW), Elizabeth, LA, Destroyed. PIC was performing a landing on runway 18, upon touch down the aircraft bounced twice and PIC executed a go around. On climb out the aircraft crashed into the…
- [Incident 20030328005139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030328005139I), Mar 28, 2003: Mooney M20K (N231MW), Grants, NM, Minor damage. (-23) On March 28, 2003, at 1850 MST, a Mooney M-20K, N231MW, operated by the owner, lost power while in cruise during a personal cross-country flight near…

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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