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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Byers, CO · July 1, 1991

Date: July 1, 1991 · 16:30 local
Place: Byers, CO
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2938L
Reported as: Mooney M20C
Reported engine: Lycoming O360A1D
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0

N2938LRegistered now · Mooney M20CS/N 670072 · Built 1967 Airframe modelMooney M20C Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Engine quit. Fuel exhaustion. Landed gear up in field. Pilot in right seat unable to switch tanks.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT. FUEL EXHAUSTION. LANDED GEAR UP IN FIELD. PILOT IN RIGHT SEAT UNABLE TO SWITCH TANKS.