# Incident 19940120003229I: Cessna T337B, Boulder City, NV, January 20, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1994, 16:47 local time
- Place: Boulder City, NV
- Airport: Boulder City Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9473° N, 114.8611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOULDER CITY MUNI (BVU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9473&lon=-114.8611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N771SM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N771SM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T337B (registry code 2075707, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337B
- Reported engine: CONT IO360A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 150 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940120003229I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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