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FAA incident report · Waco YMF · Decatur, IL · April 13, 1995

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Date
April 13, 1995 · 17:45 local
Place
Decatur, IL
Airport
Decatur
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N954JD
Reported as
Waco YMF
Reported engine
JACOBP R755B2
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total100 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days
N954JDRegistered now · Classic WACO YMFS/N F5-010Airframe modelClassic WACO YMFEngine modelNONENone

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What happened

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

Narrative: on April 13, 1995 at approximately 1745 CDT, a Waco Ymf, N954JD, experienced fuel starvation during final approach to runway 30 at Decatur Airport, Decatur, Illinois. The pilot-in-command, who holds a valid commercial airplane single and multiengine land certificate, had departed hartselle, al for a planned flight to Decatur, IL under 14 CFR part 91. The pilot completed a successful landing without power in a plowed field approximately four (4) miles short of the runway 30 threshold. The investigation revealed: (1) the airman's preflight calculations indicated the trip was feasible given the existing conditions; (2) independent witnesses confirmed that after the incident, the fuel gauge indicated approximately ten (10) gallons of fuel remaining; (3) a mechanical inspection of the aircraft after it was flown to Decatur Airport, did not reveal a pre-existing condition that would have caused fuel starvation, I.e. blocked fuel filters, etc.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 13, 1995 AT APPROXIMATELY 1745 CDT, A WACO YMF, N954JD, EXPERIENCED FUEL STARVATION DURING FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 30 AT DECATUR AIRPORT, DECATUR, ILLINOIS. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND, WHO HOLDS A VALID COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE SINGLE AND MULTIENGINE LAND CERTIFICATE, HAD DEPARTED HARTSELLE, AL FOR A PLANNED FLIGHT TO DECATUR, IL UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE PILOT COMPLETED A SUCCESSFUL LANDING WITHOUT POWER IN A PLOWED FIELD APPROXIMATELY FOUR (4) MILES SHORT OF THE RUNWAY 30 THRESHOLD. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED: (1) THE AIRMAN'S PREFLIGHT CALCULATIONS INDICATED THE TRIP WAS FEASIBLE GIVEN THE EXISTING CONDITIONS; (2) INDEPENDENT WITNESSES CONFIRMED THAT AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATED APPROXIMATELY TEN (10) GALLONS OF FUEL REMAINING; (3) A MECHANICAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER IT WAS FLOWN TO DECATUR AIRPORT, DID NOT REVEAL A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED FUEL STARVATION, I.E. BLOCKED FUEL FILTERS, ETC.