# Incident 20060211009389I: Mooney M20E, Marysville, OH, February 11, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 2006, 18:52 local time
- Place: Marysville, OH
- Airport: Union County Airport
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2245° N, 83.3517° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at UNION COUNTY (MRT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2245&lon=-83.3517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79374, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N79374) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 170 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060211009389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ CONDUCTED A PERSONAL PLEASURE FLIGHT FROM DARBY DAN AIRPORT (6I6) TO UNION COUNTY AIRPORT (MRT). APPROACHING UNION COUNTRY HE DESCENDED IN A RIGHT TURNING SPIRAL FROM 4,000 FEET TO 2,000 FEET IN PREPARATION FOR ENTERING THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING ABOUT 2100 FEET. THE PILOT EXECUTED THE REQUIRED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. HE ALSO CHANGED FUEL TANKS. THE ENGINE MOMENTARILY RAN AND THEN STOPPED. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD WITHOUT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND HE SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE INVESTIGATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE LEFT TANK WAS ABOUT ONE-THIRD FULL. THE RIGHT TANK HAD A LESSER AMOUNT OF FUEL. THE ENGINE WAS STARTED WITH FUEL FROM THE LEFT TANK. THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS CHANGED TO THE RIGHT TANK AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED. THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS NOT DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. THE DESCENDING RIGHT SPIRAL MOST LIKELY UNPORTED THE ENGINE AND THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO RESTART THE ENGINE.

## Other reports on N79374 (1)

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

- [Incident 19911021051679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911021051679I), Oct 21, 1991: Mooney M20E (N79374), Dexter, IA. Engine quit in flight. Forced landing on highway. Found fuel injection system had malfunctioned.

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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