19791002050939I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna R182 · Rockford, IL · October 2, 1979

Date
October 2, 1979 · 01:36 local
Place
Rockford, IL
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2377C
Reported as
Cessna R182
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,179 total156 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot ran out of fuel due to open bowl drain on the fuel strainer. Had previous problem iwth sticking drain.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT RAN OUT OF FUEL DUE TO OPEN BOWL DRAIN ON THE FUEL STRAINER. HAD PREVIOUS PROBLEM IWTH STICKING DRAIN.