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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 140 · Fairbanks, AK · March 11, 1995

Date: March 11, 1995 · 17:50 local
Place: Fairbanks, AK
Airport: Fairbanks International
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N89233
Reported as: Cessna 140
Reported engine: Continental C858
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 715 total500 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

N89233Registered now · Cessna 140S/N 8253 · Built 1946 Airframe modelCessna 140 Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

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: following 2.2 hours local flying the engine quit at approx. 500 ft AGL during climb out following a touch & go landing on the Fairbanks ski strip 1R. A successful straight ahead landing was made in snow to the right side of 1R with no damage or injury. The investigation of this matter revealed the left fuel tank was empty although the gage read slightly above empty. The right tank was 3/4 full, the left tank was selected.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: FOLLOWING 2.2 HOURS LOCAL FLYING THE ENGINE QUIT AT APPROX. 500 FT AGL DURING CLIMB OUT FOLLOWING A TOUCH & GO LANDING ON THE FAIRBANKS SKI STRIP 1R. A SUCCESSFUL STRAIGHT AHEAD LANDING WAS MADE IN SNOW TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF 1R WITH NO DAMAGE OR INJURY. THE INVESTIGATION OF THIS MATTER REVEALED THE LEFT FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY ALTHOUGH THE GAGE READ SLIGHTLY ABOVE EMPTY. THE RIGHT TANK WAS 3/4 FULL, THE LEFT TANK WAS SELECTED.