ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 378165
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| Date: | Friday 2 November 1984 |
| Time: | 19:45 LT |
| Type: |  Mooney M20C |
| Owner/operator: | Gene Goutard |
| Registration: | N9315V |
| MSN: | 690092 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1890 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A1D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bay St. Louis, MS -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Arlington, TX (F54) |
| Gulfport, MS (KGPT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
PRIOR TO DEPARTING ON A FLT FROM ARLINGTON, TX, TO GULFPORT, MS, THE PLT STATED THAT HE CHECKED AND FOUND THE FUEL TANKS FULL. ABOUT 17 MILES FROM GULFPORT THE FUEL GAGE SHOWED A RAPID LOSS OF FUEL AT WHICH TIME THE PLT SWITCHED TANKS.TWO MINUTES LATER THERE WAS A TTL LOSS OF POWER. THE PLT WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS AND HEADINGS TO NEARBY ARPT FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING. WHEN THE PLT HAD THE ARPT IN SIGHT HE ENTERED A LEFT BASE AND FINAL FOR LANDING. THE ACFT LANDED ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM THE RWY SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGING THE ACFT. A POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION SHOWED BOTH FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY. A TEST RUN WAS MADE AFTER ADDING FUEL AND THE ENGINE RAN WITH NO DISCREPANCIES.
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Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL85LA026
History of this aircraft
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| 28 July 1983 | N9244V | Private | 0 | St.simonsisland, GA | |
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| 30-Mar-2024 20:33 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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