- Date
- July 13, 1992, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pass-A-Grille, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9379AMooney M20C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920713056249A
- Case key
- 33109
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Probable cause
Total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.
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 flt departed 1/2 hr earlier with a total of approximately 12 gals of fuel aboard & while performing a stall maneuver, the plt pushed the control column fwd to reduce the angle of attack, but 'fuel quit getting to engine.' Attempts to restore engine power were unsuccessful. He ditched the acft which was recovered. According to an FAA airworthiness inspector, the loss of engine power was due to fuel starvation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9379A
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-1237
- Airframe hours
- 1,042
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Walter, James W. Jr.
- Registered owner
- Walter, James W. Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 8, 1991 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- TPA
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 800 total · 200 in this make and model · 800 as pilot in command · 1 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
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.