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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Orange, VA · May 11, 2004

Date: May 11, 2004 · 19:27 local
Place: Orange, VA
Airport: Orange County Airport
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8040E
Reported as: Mooney M20F
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360A1A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,600 total50 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N8040ERegistered now · Mooney M20FS/N 680015 · Built 1968 Airframe modelMooney M20F Engine modelContinental IO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The aircraft was at cruise from morristown, TN (mor) to culpepper, VA (cjr) when the engine quit and the pilot was unable to restart and made an off-field landing hitting the fence and fence posts. The fuel supply was found exhausted and the fuel hose from the firewall to the engine driven fuel pump was loose at the fire wall fitting "finger tight". Counseling for failure to tighten the fuel line hose fitting at firewall connection. Failure to recognize faster than normal use of fuel supply and land to investigate problem.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT CRUISE FROM MORRISTOWN, TN (MOR) TO CULPEPPER, VA (CJR) WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART AND MADE AN OFF-FIELD LANDING HITTING THE FENCE AND FENCE POSTS. THE FUEL SUPPLY WAS FOUND EXHAUSTED AND THE FUEL HOSE FROM THE FIREWALL TO THE ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP WAS LOOSE AT THE FIRE WALL FITTING "FINGER TIGHT". COUNSELING FOR FAILURE TO TIGHTEN THE FUEL LINE HOSE FITTING AT FIREWALL CONNECTION. FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE FASTER THAN NORMAL USE OF FUEL SUPPLY AND LAND TO INVESTIGATE PROBLEM.