# Incident 20020731022489I: Mooney M20C, Plano, TX, July 31, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2002
- Place: Plano, TX
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0198° N, 96.6989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plano, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0198&lon=-96.6989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N142W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N142W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (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 M20C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 400 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/20020731022489I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED EVANSVILLE, IND. (EVV) AIRPORT WITH A DESTINATION OF ADDISON, TX. (ADS) AIRPORT. THE PILOT HAD TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD. ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT PLAN FILED IT APPEARS THE PILOT FAILED TO CALCULATE THE PROPER FUEL CONSUMPTION. DURING THE ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, INSPECTORS FROM THIS OFFICE VERIFIED THERE WAS NO FUEL LEFT IN THE FUEL TANKS, THUS VERIFYING THE PILOT'S STATEMENT THAT "HE RAN OUT OF FUEL APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES FROM ADDISON."

## Other reports on N142W (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20140217001569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140217001569I), Feb 17, 2014: Mooney M20C (N142W), Terrell, TX, Minor damage. Pilot departed hqz at approximately 0945 hours and flew to ktrl to accomplish touch and go training. Around the fourth or fifth landing both the pilot and the…

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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