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Incident

FAA incident report · Mooney M-20G · Passchristian, MS · November 17, 2001

Date: November 17, 2001 · 10:42 local
Place: Passchristian, MS
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N6862N
Reported as: Mooney M20G
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,800 total1,300 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N6862NRegistration cancelled Aug 24, 2026 · Mooney M-20GS/N 680121 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.

(-23) Airman stated that when he last filled the aircraft he had initally ordered half tanks. He then changed the order to full tanks. The lineman did not hear this revised order. Airman did not check fuel receipt, did not visually check tanks and thought his fuel gauges were wrong. Since he thought he had twice as much fuel as he did, he subsequently ran out of fuel and landed on the beach at pass christian. With assistance of local law enforcement the aircraft was fueled with 12 gallons of gas. The highway next to the beach was then closed by law enforcement and the airman made a solo takeoff and flew to gpt for re-fueling. There was no damage to the aircraft.privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRMAN STATED THAT WHEN HE LAST FILLED THE AIRCRAFT HE HAD INITALLY ORDERED HALF TANKS. HE THEN CHANGED THE ORDER TO FULL TANKS. THE LINEMAN DID NOT HEAR THIS REVISED ORDER. AIRMAN DID NOT CHECK FUEL RECEIPT, DID NOT VISUALLY CHECK TANKS AND THOUGHT HIS FUEL GAUGES WERE WRONG. SINCE HE THOUGHT HE HAD TWICE AS MUCH FUEL AS HE DID, HE SUBSEQUENTLY RAN OUT OF FUEL AND LANDED ON THE BEACH AT PASS CHRISTIAN. WITH ASSISTANCE OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT THE AIRCRAFT WAS FUELED WITH 12 GALLONS OF GAS. THE HIGHWAY NEXT TO THE BEACH WAS THEN CLOSED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE AIRMAN MADE A SOLO TAKEOFF AND FLEW TO GPT FOR RE-FUELING. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^