BAY ST. LOUIS, MS, USA
N9315V
MOONEY M20C
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.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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