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Interesting, as in something to learn, by this fuel starvation accident involving an M20E. http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2018/02/mooney-m20e-chaparral-n7118u-registered.html This one happened climbing out from takeoff at only 1000' agl which doesn't say a lot about the pilots pre-flight. But that low, the pilot tried changing tanks but had to put it down. See the very brief report. Since these birds have the fuel selector in such a bad place that many pilots use a hand made PVC tool to switch tanks, I wonder if a possible combination of a tight fuel selector and such a practice led to not noticing the handle was becoming loose till it created this real problem. Regardless, Its something this event suggest to be on the look out for; as well as ensuring your on the fullest tank with plenty of gas.
