What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: the pilot departed Mcgrath Airport without refueling after arriving from lake hood, anchorage, Alaska in a pleasure flight. His plan was to return to lake hood via merrill pass, but experienced difficulty in finding the entrance and spent about two (2) hours trying. The pilot then decided to return to Mcgrath, but about 6 NM southeast of the airport, the aircraft experienced fuel starvation and the pilot executed an emergency landing on a snow covered clearing. No injuries were sustained and the airplane sustained only minor damage to prop and nose gear. According to ena fss, the pilot filed for eight (8) hours enroute, with 7.4 hours fuel. Airplane had standard fuel tanks. Investigation is closed. privacy data omitted
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: THE PILOT DEPARTED MCGRATH AIRPORT WITHOUT REFUELING AFTER ARRIVING FROM LAKE HOOD, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA IN A PLEASURE FLIGHT. HIS PLAN WAS TO RETURN TO LAKE HOOD VIA MERRILL PASS, BUT EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY IN FINDING THE ENTRANCE AND SPENT ABOUT TWO (2) HOURS TRYING. THE PILOT THEN DECIDED TO RETURN TO MCGRATH, BUT ABOUT 6 NM SOUTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED FUEL STARVATION AND THE PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A SNOW COVERED CLEARING. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO PROP AND NOSE GEAR. ACCORDING TO ENA FSS, THE PILOT FILED FOR EIGHT (8) HOURS ENROUTE, WITH 7.4 HOURS FUEL. AIRPLANE HAD STANDARD FUEL TANKS. INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^
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