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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Mansfield, OH · July 21, 2006

Date: July 21, 2006 · 16:00 local
Place: Mansfield, OH
Airport: Mansfield Lahm Municipal
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N201TQ
Reported as: Mooney M20J
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360LYC*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 694 total678 in this make and model24 in the last 90 days

N201TQRegistered now · Mooney M20JS/N 24-0351 · Built 1977 Airframe modelMooney M20J Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Flight from benton harbor, Michigan to wheeling, west Virginia. While cruising at 3500' the pilot exhausted all fuel in the left wing and lost power. The pilot was unable to regain power after switching the fuel selector valve to the right tank numerous times. He declared an emergency and attempted to land at Mansfield Lahm airport, landing in a soybean field about a mile north of runway 23. The aircraft sustained damage to the propeller, nose landing gear and the main landing gear fairings. On August 3, 2006, maintenance technicians were able to prime the engine and run it off the right fuel tank and then the left tank. It is suspected that the right fuel pump was not engaged after the fuel tank selector valve was switched to the right fuel tank. End

As the FAA filed it

(-23) FLIGHT FROM BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN TO WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA. WHILE CRUISING AT 3500' THE PILOT EXHAUSTED ALL FUEL IN THE LEFT WING AND LOST POWER. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN POWER AFTER SWITCHING THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE TO THE RIGHT TANK NUMEROUS TIMES. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT MANSFIELD LAHM AIRPORT, LANDING IN A SOYBEAN FIELD ABOUT A MILE NORTH OF RUNWAY 23. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, NOSE LANDING GEAR AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR FAIRINGS. ON AUGUST 3, 2006, MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS WERE ABLE TO PRIME THE ENGINE AND RUN IT OFF THE RIGHT FUEL TANK AND THEN THE LEFT TANK. IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THE RIGHT FUEL PUMP WAS NOT ENGAGED AFTER THE FUEL TANK SELECTOR VALVE WAS SWITCHED TO THE RIGHT FUEL TANK. END