# Accident 20010321003519A: Mooney M20, Gresham, OR, March 21, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2001, 13:29 local time
- Place: Gresham, OR
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 45.4999° N, 122.4297° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4999&lon=-122.4297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8346E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8346E-2014-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20A (registry code 5870204, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA01LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01LA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010321003519A

## Narrative

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

(-19) ON MARCH 21, 2001, APPROX. 1329 PST, A MOONEY M20A, N8346E, REGISTERED TO AND BEING OPERATED BY MARTIN SPECIALITIES, INC., AND BEING FLOWN BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A COLLISION WITH TREES AND TERRAIN WHILE EXECUTING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A POWER LOSS ON DESCENT INTO THE TROUTDALE AIRPORT, TROPUTDALE, OREGON. THE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE FLIGHT, WHICH WAS PERSONAL, WAS OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, AND ORIGINATED FROM TRACY, CALIFORNIA. THE A/C WAS SEVERAL ILES SOUTH OF ITS DESTINATION (TROUTDALE AIRPORT) WHEN THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER. THE PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING TO A GOLF COURSE APPROX. 2.5 NAUTCIAL MILES SOUTH OF THE TROUTDALE AIRPORT. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE PILOT MADE A FUEL STOP ON THE APPROX. 475 NAUTICAL MILE FLIGHT.              (-23)AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TRACY, CA ENROUTE TO TROUTDALE, OR ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 21, 2001.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE FILLED THE MAIN TANKS (35 GALLONS) AND ESTIMATED 5 GALLONS IN THE AUX TANK FOR A TOTAL OF 40 GALLONS.  THE PILOT ESTIMATED HIS ENROUTE TIME TO BE 3.5 HOURS.  AFTER APPROXIMATELY 3.5  HOURS OF FLIGHT THE ENGINE LOST POWER DUE TO LACK OF FUEL AND THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING ON A GOLF COURSE APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILES FROM TROUTDALE AIRPORT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA01LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01LA066), Mar 21, 2001: Mooney M20A (N8346E), Gresham, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate decision in which he failed to refuel while en route, resulting in fuel exhaustion and loss of engine power.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.