- Date
- March 20, 1982, 17:37 local (22:37 UTC)
- Place
- Alexandria, KY
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5526QMooney M20E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820320004629A
- Case key
- 69734
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he had monitored the refueling operation, but did not actually uncap and check the fuel himself. He calculated that he had five hours of fuel on board. However, he ran out of fuel after using the right fuel tank for two hours and 30 minutes and the left tank for two hours and seven minutes. During roll out from an emergency landing, the aircraft struck a small building.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5526Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 616
- Airframe hours
- 2,390
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David S. Dewitt
- Registered owner
- David S. Dewitt
- Departed
- Lakeland, FL
- Destination
- LUK · Cincinnati, OH
- Airport
- LUK · Lunken Field
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,524 total · 214 in this make and model · 2,312 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.