# Incident 19881127066349I: Mooney M20E, Garden City, KS, November 27, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 1988, 18:00 local time
- Place: Garden City, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9759° N, 100.8509° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Garden City, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9759&lon=-100.8509&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
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 300 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881127066349I

## Narrative

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

FUEL EXHAUSTION ON AN IFR CROSSCOUNTRY FLIGHT. LANDED ON A ROAD. ONE FUEL GAUGE WAS REGISTERING 25 POUNDS.

## 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…
- [Accident 19810828058289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810828058289A), Aug 28, 1981: Mooney M20E (N55FE), San Antonio, TX. Landed on freeway out of fuel. Refueled. Wingtip struck photographer standing on edge of road during takeoff.

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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