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FAA incident report · Cessna T337B · Boulder City, NV · January 20, 1994

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Date
January 20, 1994 · 16:47 local
Place
Boulder City, NV
Airport
Boulder City Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N771SM
Reported as
Cessna T337B
Reported engine
Continental IO360A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
900 total150 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days
N771SMRegistered now · Cessna T337BS/N 337-0614 · Built 1967Airframe modelCessna T337BEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Narrative: private pilot thomas r. hunter departed driggs, Idaho, with one passenger for las vegas mccarran airport in his Cessna 337, N771SM. The pilot stated he did not visually check his fuel tanks prior to departure. However, he assumed he had 120 gallons usable fuel. He stated the front engine burned 11 gallons an hour and the rear burned 12 gallons an hour. He stated they were in the air approximately 5 1/2 hours from driggs to Boulder City, at altitudes as high as 12,500 feet taking a course from driggs to a line that passed down the east side of the great salt lake to lake powell, toured grand canyon, to Boulder City intending to land at las vegas mccarran. The front engine began to surge due to fuel exhaustion when near Boulder City so he diverted to the Boulder City airport for fuel. The landing was uneventful. However, the airplane ran out of fuel on the taxi way so had to be towed to the pumps. 24 gallons an hour fuel burn times 5 1/2 hours flight time equals 132 gallons of fuel when the pilot stated the usable fuel aboard was 120 gallons. No NMAC was filed privacy data omitted this file is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PRIVATE PILOT THOMAS R. HUNTER DEPARTED DRIGGS, IDAHO, WITH ONE PASSENGER FOR LAS VEGAS MCCARRAN AIRPORT IN HIS CESSNA 337, N771SM. THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT VISUALLY CHECK HIS FUEL TANKS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. HOWEVER, HE ASSUMED HE HAD 120 GALLONS USABLE FUEL. HE STATED THE FRONT ENGINE BURNED 11 GALLONS AN HOUR AND THE REAR BURNED 12 GALLONS AN HOUR. HE STATED THEY WERE IN THE AIR APPROXIMATELY 5 1/2 HOURS FROM DRIGGS TO BOULDER CITY, AT ALTITUDES AS HIGH AS 12,500 FEET TAKING A COURSE FROM DRIGGS TO A LINE THAT PASSED DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE TO LAKE POWELL, TOURED GRAND CANYON, TO BOULDER CITY INTENDING TO LAND AT LAS VEGAS MCCARRAN. THE FRONT ENGINE BEGAN TO SURGE DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION WHEN NEAR BOULDER CITY SO HE DIVERTED TO THE BOULDER CITY AIRPORT FOR FUEL. THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. HOWEVER, THE AIRPLANE RAN OUT OF FUEL ON THE TAXI WAY SO HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE PUMPS. 24 GALLONS AN HOUR FUEL BURN TIMES 5 1/2 HOURS FLIGHT TIME EQUALS 132 GALLONS OF FUEL WHEN THE PILOT STATED THE USABLE FUEL ABOARD WAS 120 GALLONS. NO NMAC WAS FILED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS FILE IS CLOSED.