ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 380026
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| Date: | Monday 20 February 1984 |
| Time: | 18:33 LT |
| Type: |  Mooney M-20F |
| Owner/operator: | Wrede, Burton |
| Registration: | N3455X |
| MSN: | 670033 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2593 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-A1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Defuniak Spring, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ft. Pierce, FL (KFPR) |
| Alexandria, LA (KEST) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
WHILE FLYING AT 3000 FT, THE ENG SPUTTERED & QUIT RUNNING. THE PLT STATED THAT HE TRIED ALL EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, WHICH INCLUDED CHANGING THE FUEL SELECTOR POSITION. HE EXTENDED THE GEAR TO LAND ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, BUT SAW AN OVERPASS AHEAD, SO HE RETRACTED THE GEAR TO CLEAR THE OBSTRUCTION. AFTER CLEARING THE OVERPASS, HE DID NOT HAD INSUFFICIENT TIME TO REEXTEND THE GEAR. THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED DURING A WHEELS-UP LANDING. AN EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY & THE LEFT TANK WAS FULL. THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS POSITIONED TO THE RIGHT TANK.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA84LA088
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 August 1997 | N3455X | private | 2 | Tallahassee, FL | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 01-Apr-2024 12:01 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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