# NTSB Accident CHI05LA138
> **Mooney M20K** · 2005-06-13 · Jefferson City, MO, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI05LA138
- **Event ID:** 20051026X01732
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2005-06-13
- **Location:** Jefferson City, MO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.500648, -92.1296
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Mooney
- **Model:** M20K
- **Registration:** N231HX
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's delay in diverting to an alternate destination due to low fuel indications which led to the fuel exhaustion, loss of engine power and the subsequent forced landing.  Factors were the pilot's improper preflight inspection which resulted in an undetected fuel drain leak and his misjudged glidepath during the precautionary landing which led to a go-around and the subsequent fuel exhaustion.

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