# Accident 20050613013709A: Mooney M20K, Jefferson City, MO, June 13, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2005, 13:02 local time
- Place: Jefferson City, MO
- Airport: Jefferson City Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5006° N, 92.1296° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5006&lon=-92.1296&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231HX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 750 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA138) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050613013709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ENROUTE FROM KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, (TYS), TO KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, (MCI). SOUTHEAST OF JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI, (JEF), THE PILOT DIVERTED FROM PLANNED DESTINATION TO LAND AT JEF DUE TO WEATHER. ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 12, THE CONTROL TOWER INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO GO AROUND BECAUSE THE LANDING GEAR WAS STILL IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. AFTER MAKING A GO-AROUND, THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND CRASHED EAST OF THE AIRPORT IN A BEAN FIELD, AS A RESULT OF FUEL EXHAUSTION.

## 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 CHI05LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA138), Jun 13, 2005: Mooney M20K (N231HX), Jefferson City, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delay in diverting to an alternate destination due to low fuel indications which led to the fuel exhaustion, loss of engine power and the subsequent forced landing. Factors were 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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