- Date
- April 28, 1990, 18:57 local (23:57 UTC)
- Place
- Little Rock, AR
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6824NMooney M20C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900428013049A
- Case key
- 34971
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Probable cause
Pilot in command's failure to refuel the airplane, which resulted in fuel exhaustion. Related to the accident was: unsuitable terrain in the emergency landing area.
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 commercial pilot said that he was about 2 miles from the runway on final approach, when the engine lost power. An emergency landing was attempted, resulting in substantial damage to the acft and serious injuries to the pilot. Post-accident investigation revealed the fuel tanks to be empty of usable fuel after about 4 hours and 20 minutes of flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6824N
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 680117
- Airframe hours
- 1,050
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Flight Enterprises, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- HDI · Cleveland, TN
- Destination
- LIT
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,450 total · 50 in this make and model · 2,250 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 2 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.