# Incident 20080127010789I: Mooney M20D, Faribault, MN, January 27, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2008, 11:20 local time
- Place: Faribault, MN
- Airport: Faribault Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3011° N, 93.2768° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Faribault, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3011&lon=-93.2768&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6608U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6608U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20D (registry code 5870210, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,020 total, 324 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080127010789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATES HE PERFORMED HIS PRE-FLIGHT BEFORE LEAVING MANKATO AIRPORT (MKT) IN MN. LOOKED IN THE TANKS AND VERIFIED THERE WAS FUEL. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLEW N6608U TO FBL APPROX. 20 MIN. FLIGHT. WITH ENGINE RUNNING, PICKED UP A PASSENGER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ALSO A PILOT. BOTH VERIFIED FUEL QUANTITY BY THE FUEL GAUGE TO BE LEFT AND RIGHT BOTH APPROX 36LBS EACH BEFORE TAKEOFF. AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RWY 12 AT FBL AT APPROX 250FT ENGINE EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER. PILOT CIRCLED TO THE LEFT AND LANDED ON SNOW COVERED GRASS AREA INSIDE AIRPORT PROPERTY WITH THE GEAR UP TO REDUCE DRAG. DAMAGE OCCURRED TO PROPELLER AND FUSELAGE BELLY SKIN. CONSIDERED TO BE AN INCIDENT DUE TO NO MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES. IIC FOUND AT INCIDENT SITE THAT LEFT TANK WAS SELECTED AND LEFT TANK WAS EMPTY, AND LEFT FUEL QTY GAUGE READS 0. RIGHT TANK READS 36LBS.

## Other reports on N6608U (1)

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

- [Incident 19820620032999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820620032999I), Jun 20, 1982: Mooney M20D (N6608U), Redwood Falls, MN, Minor damage. Engine quit on takeoff, landed on runway gear up. Gound fuel selector out of detent.

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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