ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 367066
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| Date: | Saturday 28 April 1990 |
| Time: | 18:57 LT |
| Type: |  Mooney M20C |
| Owner/operator: | Flight Enterprises, Inc. |
| Registration: | N6824N |
| MSN: | 680117 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1050 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-360-A1D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Little Rock, AR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Cleveland, TN (KHDI) |
| (KLIT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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.
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.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MKC90LA097
History of this aircraft
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 22-Mar-2024 07:08 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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