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Incident

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Memphis, TN · April 16, 1994

Date
April 16, 1994 · 07:30 local
Place
Memphis, TN
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N46JL
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
341 total2 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.

Engine quit due to fuel exhaustion. Forced landing in field. Fuel gage still indicated fuel.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. FORCED LANDING IN FIELD. FUEL GAGE STILL INDICATED FUEL.