- Date
- October 27, 1992, 20:00 local (Oct 28, 1992, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Johnson City, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2975LMooney M20F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921027044299A
- Case key
- 8699
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper management of the fuel system.
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 had just purchased the aircraft. The aircraft did not have any navigational or communication radios, except for a hand held radio. The weather in the mountainous area was marginal for flight in visual meteorological conditions. Witnesses stated that the pilot seemed to be in a hurry to depart, they stated that he did not perform any preflight of the aircraft prior to departure. The aircraft crashed near the original point of departure nearly two and one half hours after departure. Investigation revealed that there was no fuel remaining in the left fuel tank. The fuel selector was selected to the left tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2975L
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 670334
- Airframe hours
- 2,833
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Glogowski, Stefan W.
- Registered owner
- Glogowski, Stefan W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 28, 1992 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- 0A4
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 65
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,780 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 150° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TRI, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.