# NTSB MKC87LA049: Mooney M20E, St.Louis, MO, February 8, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 8, 1987, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: St.Louis, MO
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 3, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34340
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC87LA049
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34340/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA049

## 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 - final approach
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Gear not extended, landing

## Analysis

THE PIC WAS CLRD BY TWR TO LND RWY 30L. THE TWR ADVZD THE PIC THAT HIS GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. THE PIC RSPND WITH 'I KNOW THAT AND I HAVE LOST ENG PWR TOO'. THE ACFT SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED SHORT OF THE RWY. FAA MAINT INSP OF THE ACFT REVEALED NO FUEL IN THE TANKS. SUBSEQUENT INSP CONFIRMED NO FUEL IN THE SYSTEM. THE PIC DID NOT RESPOND TO REPEATED REQUESTS FOR FACTUAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: CFDRN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 106
- Airframe hours: 4267
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Ferenc Foldy
- Registered owner: Walter Frank Foldy
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 16, 1986
- Airport: St. Louis Intl, runway 30L, 11,019 × 200 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 22 knots, gusting 29
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 41 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: STL, 5 nm away

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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