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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M-20G · Athens, GA · May 29, 1996

Date: May 29, 1996 · 14:46 local
Place: Athens, GA
Airport: Athens/Ben Epps Airport
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3633N
Reported as: Mooney M20G
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 400 total

N3633NRegistered now · Mooney M-20GS/N 680019 · Built 1967 Airframe modelMooney M-20G 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.

Narrative: pilot stated that he departed fort lauderdale exec. Airport for Athens airport. The aircraft had recently been purchased & the pilot did not know the fuel gauges did not register proper fuel quantity. Pilot admitted error. (See attached letter). No injuries & no damage to aircraft. Aircraft landed in a field approx. 2 miles south of airport.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED THAT HE DEPARTED FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC. AIRPORT FOR ATHENS AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD RECENTLY BEEN PURCHASED & THE PILOT DID NOT KNOW THE FUEL GAUGES DID NOT REGISTER PROPER FUEL QUANTITY. PILOT ADMITTED ERROR. (SEE ATTACHED LETTER). NO INJURIES & NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A FIELD APPROX. 2 MILES SOUTH OF AIRPORT.