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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172F · Rochester, NY · July 31, 1994

Date: July 31, 1994 · 13:35 local
Place: Rochester, NY
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: CFDLD
Reported as: Cessna 172F
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total150 in this make and model150 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.

Narrative: the aircraft departed bromont, quebec, Canada on VFR flight plan to geneseo, NY with a stop in burlington, VT to clear us customs. The pilot started with full fuel tanks; did not get any additional fuel in burlington. The aircraft exhausted it's fuel supply 15 miles short of it's destination. The pilot made an emergency landing on a country road without any damage or injuries. Mr. Belanger was unable to produce a current medical certificate and claimed that he had a good certificate at home. The pilot added automotive fuel against the advise of the FAA inspector at the scene. He was sure that an "sta" was not required to use automotive fuel. Aviation fuel was available.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BROMONT, QUEBEC, CANADA ON VFR FLIGHT PLAN TO GENESEO, NY WITH A STOP IN BURLINGTON, VT TO CLEAR US CUSTOMS. THE PILOT STARTED WITH FULL FUEL TANKS; DID NOT GET ANY ADDITIONAL FUEL IN BURLINGTON. THE AIRCRAFT EXHAUSTED IT'S FUEL SUPPLY 15 MILES SHORT OF IT'S DESTINATION. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A COUNTRY ROAD WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE OR INJURIES. MR. BELANGER WAS UNABLE TO PRODUCE A CURRENT MEDICAL CERTIFICATE AND CLAIMED THAT HE HAD A GOOD CERTIFICATE AT HOME. THE PILOT ADDED AUTOMOTIVE FUEL AGAINST THE ADVISE OF THE FAA INSPECTOR AT THE SCENE. HE WAS SURE THAT AN "STA" WAS NOT REQUIRED TO USE AUTOMOTIVE FUEL. AVIATION FUEL WAS AVAILABLE.