# Incident 19950413011939I: Waco YMF, Decatur, IL, April 13, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 1995, 17:45 local time
- Place: Decatur, IL
- Airport: Decatur
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8346° N, 88.8657° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DECATUR (DEC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8346&lon=-88.8657&mi=10
- Aircraft: N954JD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N954JD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Classic WACO YMF (registry code 2240101, https://openairdocs.org/model/classic-waco-ymf) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO YMF
- Reported engine: JACOBP R755B2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950413011939I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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