- Date
- February 16, 1984, 17:05 local (22:05 UTC)
- Place
- Bristol, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N201LUMooney M20J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840216003939A
- Case key
- 35501
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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
The acft encountered weather and head winds on a x-country flt. Nearing his destination after a long flt the plt was trying to let down VFR through breaks on the clouds when he realized the critical nature of his fuel level. A search foran arpt produced the 3M arpt. A short and steep approach resulted in a long touchdown about 1/2 way down the rwy the nose gear collpased during the landing and the acft skidded to a stop about 500 ft from the rwy's end. Examination of both fuel tanks by FAA inspectors revealed no fuel in either tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N201LU
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-0286
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fox River Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 5, 1983 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- Waukegan, IL
- Destination
- PHL · Philadelphia, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- N65 · 3m
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 215 total · 9 in this make and model · 157 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point -0 °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.