# NTSB LAX86LA209: Mooney M20C, N9099V, La Verne, CA, May 4, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 4, 1986, 08:39 local (15:39 UTC)
- Place: La Verne, CA
- Coordinates: 34.15063, -117.75978 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1506&lon=-117.7598&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25150
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA209
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25150/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA209

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - base turn
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - aircraft preflight - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - object - fence

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9099V-2013-05-17), registration cancelled 2013-05-17, S/N 690011, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Registry model: [Mooney M20C](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (registry code 5870208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 690011
- Airframe hours: 3561
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860504015729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860504015729A), May 4, 1986: Mooney M20C, La Verne, CA, Substantial damage. The engine failed from fuel exhaustion on base leg. The aircraft struck a fence short of the runway.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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