Mooney M-20-E N6891U

Summary

On 15 July 1985 at about 00:40 local time, a Mooney M-20-E registered N6891U, operated by Phillip McManamy/Lynn Benton, was involved in an accident near Los Banos, California, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 July 1985 at 00:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Los Banos, California, United States

Nearest airport

Los Banos Municipal (LSN)

Coordinates

37.0695, -120.8404

Aircraft

Mooney M-20-E

Registration

N6891U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Phillip McManamy/Lynn Benton

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Five Points → Los Banos

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX85LA316

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A CEMENT EMBANKMENT DURING THE LANDING ROLL AFTER COMPLETING AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD ABOUT 5 MILES SO. OF LOS BANOS ARPT, LOS BANOS, CA. THE PLT REPORTED THAT SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTING HARRIS-ARGO WEST ARPT (5CA7), THE ACFT EXPERIENCED A TOTAL ENGINE POWER LOSS. POST CRASH INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED BOTH WING FUEL TANKS CONTAINED LESS THAN 1 GALLON OF FUEL IN EACH TANK. THE FUEL TANKS INTEGRITY WAS NOT COMPROMISED. THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE HAD INTENDED TO REFUEL THE ACFT AT 5CA7, BUT UPON ARRIVAL HE WAS INFORMED THAT FUEL SERVICE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE AIM AND AOPA ARPT DIRECTORIES INDICATE THAT FUEL SERVICE AT 5CA7 WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.