- Date
- January 27, 1991, 12:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- Rush Hill, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1314WMooney M2OE
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910127002289A
- Case key
- 15003
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to refuel the airplane. A factor related to the accident was unsuitable terrain.
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 said that after being airborne for over four hours on a cross country flight, the engine failed. An emergency landing was attempted on a rural gravel road which resulted in substantial aircraft damage. Post accident investigation revealed the fuel tanks to be empty of usuable fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1314W
- Reported as
- Mooney M2OE
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 202
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mesa Mooney
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · October 13, 1990 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- 3G4 · Ashland, OH
- Destination
- H41 · Mexico, MO
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 174 total · 89 in this make and model · 96 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,300 ft overcast
- Observed at
- COU, 30 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.