- Date
- March 9, 1986, 23:00 local (Mar 10, 1986, 06:00 UTC)
- Place
- Roll, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9694MMooney M-20C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860309005839A
- Case key
- 25089
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt landed at gila bend municipal arpt for fuel. The refueling facilities were closed and the decision was made to proceed to yuma int'l arpt, about 113 miles east of gila bend arpt. The plt had flown the acft for about 4 hrs and 5 minutes prior to departing for yuma. About 40 minutes after departing the arpt the acft experienced a total eng pwr loss due to fuel exhaustion. The plt elected to land on a dirt strip. The acft touched down long, overshot the rwy and collided with a sand berm east of the departure end of the rwy. The plt landed to the east and the prevailing surface winds were from the west at 15 to 20 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9694M
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 670030
- Airframe hours
- 3,500
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert D. Rens, Dds
- Registered owner
- David O. Underwood
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1985
- Departed
- E63 · Gila Bend, AZ
- Destination
- YUM · Yuma, AZ
- Airport
- runway 8, 2,640 × ft, dirt
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 140 total · 50 in this make and model · 140 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 15 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.