# Incident 20011104031189I: Mooney M20K, Acampo, CA, November 4, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 2001, 17:15 local time
- Place: Acampo, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1735° N, 121.2799° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Acampo, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1735&lon=-121.2799&mi=10
- Aircraft: N305JB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N305JB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520NB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 225 total, 150 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011104031189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SITE INVESTIGATION BY INSPECTOR DETERMINED THAT AIRCRAFT WAS LOW ON FUEL IN RIGHT WING. AT MAINTENANCE SHOP, 4 GALLONS OF FUEL DRAINED FROM RIGHT TANK, 8.5 GALLONS DRAINED FROM LEFT TANK. AIRCRAFT MANUAL SHOWED 2.5 UNUSABLE IN EACH TANK. AFTER DRAINING THE RIGHT TANK, THE GAUGE STILL SHOWED 9 GALLONS AVAILABLE. IN THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION THE PILOT STATED HE WAS USING THE RIGHT TANK AND DOING TURNS WITH A PROSPECTIVE AIRCRAFT PARTNER. IT IS SUSPECTED THAT WHILE IN A TURN THAT HE MAY HAVE INADVERTENTLY PORTED THE FUEL FROM THE ENGINE CAUSING FUEL STARVATION.

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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