Mooney M20 N7072V

Summary

On 9 July 2008 at about 17:00 local time, a Mooney M20 registered N7072V was involved in an accident near Rogers, Arkansas, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

9 July 2008 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Rogers, Arkansas, United States

Nearest airport

Rogers Municipal-Carter Field (ROG)

Coordinates

36.3700, -94.1033

Aircraft

Mooney M20

Registration

N7072V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Antonio → Rogers

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW08CA180

1 person had minor injuries.

The loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that she departed on a cross-country flight, with a planned duration of about 3 hours and 20 minutes. During the flight she leaned the mixture and switched fuel tanks on the hour. During the approach to the destination airport the engine "coughed and ran rough", the pilot stated that she changed fuel tanks and turned on the boost pump. The engine "coughed" again, and she determined that she could not make the runway, which was about 4 miles way. She elected to perform a forced landing in a nearby field. The aircraft was substantially damaged during the forced landing. Air traffic control tower's last radio contact with the aircraft stated that the pilot reported that she did not have enough gas and would have to land in a field. Aircraft recovery personnel reported that the fuel tanks had not been breeched during the accident and that the fuel tanks were empty.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.