- Date
- February 15, 1974
- Place
- Tunnelton, IN · TUNNELTON, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2620WMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740215006279A
- Case key
- 186803
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0517 74/2/15 TUNNELTON,IND MOONEY M20E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 649 TIME - 2100 N2620W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBANY,GA BLOOMINGTON,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL L TANK ABT 1/2 GAL R TANK ABT 6 GAL.WHEN ENG SPUTTERED SWITCHED R TO L TO R THEN ENG QUIT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2620W
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2620WRegistration cancelled Jan 12, 2018 · Mooney M20EAirframe modelMooney M20EEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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