# Incident 19960803035529I: Mooney M20J, Olympia, WA, August 3, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1996, 12:40 local time
- Place: Olympia, WA
- Airport: Olympia
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9653° N, 122.8915° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OLYMPIA (0WN4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9653&lon=-122.8915&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6926U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6926U) (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 M20J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 75 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960803035529I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER AT ABOUT 10,000 FEET MSL, 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON. A NON EVENTFUL LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED ONTO RUNWAY 35 AT OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED CAMERON PARK, CALIFORNIA ABOUT 4 HOURS AND 50 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE LOSS OF POWER. THE PILOT STATED DURING A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW THAT HE HAD DEPARTED CAMERON PARK AND WAS ENROUTE TO BOUNDRY BAY, BRITISH COLUMBIA. HE HAD MADE THIS SAME TRIP SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE. HE STATED THAT HE WAS USING ABOUT 55% POWER AND HAD DEPARTED WITH FULL FUEL TANKS. THE PILOT OPERATING HANDBOOK FOR THE MOONEY M-20 GIVES AN APPROXIMATE ENDURANCE OF ALMOST 7 HOURS AT 55% POWER AT 10,000 FEET, WHEN PROPERLY LEANED. HE STATED THAT THE FUEL GAGES DID NOT READ EMPTY, HOWEVER, WHEN FULL FUEL WAS ADDED TO THE AIRCRAFT, IT TOOK 51.9 GALLONS. THE AIRCRAFT HOLDS 52 GALLONS OF USEABLE FUEL.

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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