- Date
- May 4, 1986, 08:39 local (15:39 UTC)
- Place
- La Verne, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9099VMooney M20C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860504015729A
- Case key
- 25150
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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
A total loss of eng power was experienced while on base leg for landing at brakett field. The acft was landed short of the rwy and a fence was contacted. Post accident inspection revealed the acft's fuel supply had been exhausted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9099V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 690011
- Airframe hours
- 3,561
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Willars, Richard C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 10, 1986
- Departed
- HMT · Hemet, CA
- Destination
- POC · La Verne, CA
- Airport
- POC · Brackett Fld, runway 26L, 4,839 × 75 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
- 3,481 total · 2,800 in this make and model · 3,384 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ONT, 8 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.