ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166305
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| Date: | Sunday 18 May 2014 |
| Time: | 09:59 |
| Type: |  Mooney M20K 231 |
| Owner/operator: | Grund Joseph R |
| Registration: | N200DP |
| MSN: | 25-0090 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3000 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-520-NB |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | SW of Sussex County Airport (KGED), Georgetown, Delaware -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Woodbine, NJ (OBI) |
| Georgetown, DE (GED) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot departed on the 40-mile flight with an unknown quantity of fuel onboard the airplane, but he estimated that it had about 10 gallons more than he thought was needed for the flight. While maneuvering to land, he increased the engine power twice, but the engine did not respond. He anticipated that the airplane could land on the airport property; however, the airplane struck wires and terrain short of the runway. Seven gallons of fuel were recovered from the 78.6-gallon fuel system, of which 3 gallons were unusable. The amount of fuel recovered from each tank could not be determined, and which tank the pilot had selected at the time of the loss of engine power could also not be determined. However, after the accident, the pilot reported that data from the airplane’s engine monitor revealed that the fuel flow stopped 60 seconds before the propeller stopped. He added that he probably should have purchased fuel before his departure and that, if he had it to do over, he would. After replacing the damaged propeller with a slave propeller and adding 5 gallons of fuel in each wing tank, an engine test run was conducted; the engine started immediately, accelerated smoothly, and ran continuously without interruption throughout the test.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s improper preflight planning and in-flight fuel management, which resulted in fuel starvation and a total loss of engine power. Also causal to the accident was the pilot’s failure to see and avoid the wires on the airport boundary.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-May-2014 18:03 | gerard57 | Added |
| 18-May-2014 18:04 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn] |
| 19-May-2014 02:50 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Source] |
| 30-May-2014 05:38 | Geno | Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 29-Nov-2017 14:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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