- Date
- August 13, 1987, 18:07 local (22:07 UTC)
- Place
- Baltimore, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6801UMooney M20C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870813044589A
- Case key
- 11332
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Analysis
The plt refueled the acft at princeton, NJ, bfr departing on a flt to linden, NJ, then continued on to laurel, MD. He believed that he had positioned the fuel selector to the rgt fuel tank & said that he had used fuel out of the same tank until he arrived at laurel. At laurel, the plt positioned the fuel selector to the left tank, which he believed was full. He then departed on a return flt to princeton. As the acft was climbing thru about 6000', the eng lost power. The plt diverted to the Baltimore-washington arpt, but did not use the emergency procedure to restart the eng. He arrived over the arpt at a relatively high alt & elected to circle twice to dscnd. However, he lost too much alt & drg the final apch, he was unable to reach the rwy. Subsequently, the acft hit apch lights about 200' short of the rwy. An exam revealed the left fuel tank was empty, the right tank was full & the fuel selector was positioned to the empty tank. The fuel selector functioned normally drg an opnl check.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6801U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2516
- Airframe hours
- 1,700
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Raymond Rothschild
- Registered owner
- Raymond Rothschild
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 12, 1987
- Departed
- W18 · Laurel, MD
- Destination
- 39N · Princeton, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BWI · Baltimore-Washington, runway 28, 9,452 × 200 ft, asphalt
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,650 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 1,275 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BWI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.