# Accident 20060930025049A: Mooney M20, Columbia, LA, September 30, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2006, 13:00 local time
- Place: Columbia, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1021° N, 92.0764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbia, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1021&lon=-92.0764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6503B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6503B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20 (registry code 5870202, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060930025049A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ WAS OPERATING HIS AIRCRAFT IN AN UNAIRWORTHY CONDITION WHEN HE BECAME DISORIENTED AND DECIDED TO LAND AT THE COLUMBIA AIRPORT (F86) AND ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN ON A DOWNWIND LEG FOR RUNWAY 01. AFTER HE DETERMINED THAT HE WOULD BE LANDING DOWNWIND, HE ADDED POWER TO CLIMB TO REENTER THE TRAFFIC PATTERN WHEN THE ENGINE BACKFIRED, THEN QUIT. FROM 300' AGL HE EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING INTO A FLOODED RICE FIELD. AFTER TOUCHDOWN WITH LANDING GEAR EXTENDED THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED MOVING UNTIL THE PROPELLER AND NOSE GEAR CONTACTED A SMALL LEVEE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ ADVISED THAT HE DRAINED BOTH FUEL TANKS AND DETERMINED THAT THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS DUE TO FUEL STARVATION AFTER RUNNING THE ENGINE ON THE SAME TANK FOR THE DURATION OF THE FLIGHT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N6503B (1)

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

- [Incident 19780801047589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780801047589I), Aug 1, 1978: Mooney M20 (N6503B), Englewood, CO, Minor damage. Pilot did not properly engage manually gear extension handle for landing. Handle popped from socket, gear retracted

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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