# NTSB NYC85LA022: Mooney M20C, N6890N, Landover, MD, November 7, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 6, 1984, 20:14 local (Nov 7, 1984, 01:14 UTC)
- Place: Landover, MD
- Coordinates: 38.949714, -76.890167 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9497&lon=-76.8902&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35643
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC85LA022
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35643/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA022

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

FLT DEPARTED DANBURY, CT, ON X-COUNTRY FLT TO COLLEGE PARK, MD. ACCORDING TO PLT THERE WAS SUFFICIENT FUEL ON BOARD, HOWEVER PLT EXTENDED FLT TO NORTHERN VA BEFORE RETURNING TO COLLEGE PARK. PRIOR TO REACHING ARPT A LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED AND PLT MADE GEAR UP FORCED LANDING IN RESIDENTIAL AREA. EXAMINATION OF ACFT DISCLOSED NO FUEL IN TANKS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6890N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6890N-1988-04-06), registration cancelled 1988-04-06, S/N 680161 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Registry model: [Mooney M20C](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (registry code 5870208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 680161
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A1D 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Richard Vanvleet
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: DAN, DANBURY, CT
- Destination: CGS, COLLEGE PARK, MD
- Airport: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; medical: unknown, unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F

## 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 19841106064429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841106064429A), Nov 6, 1984: Mooney M20C, Landover, MD, Substantial damage. Forced landing between houses due to fuel exhaustion. Pilot had gone further than planned.

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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