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: aircraft departed sioux city, IA enroute to Tulsa, OK. Fuel tanks were filled (50 gal) prior to take off. Pilot encountered stronger than anticipated headwinds enroute. Approaching tul pilot received radar vectoring he did not anticipate. Pilot became anxious about fuel state and advised ATC. Early model (1954) E-35 aircraft has one fuel indicator for three fuel gauges when reading low level. Aircraft was radar vectored for landing on R-18 at tul rather than original destination of rvs. Aircraft landed with seven gallons (40 minutes) of useable fuel remaining. This report closes this incident.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SIOUX CITY, IA ENROUTE TO TULSA, OK. FUEL TANKS WERE FILLED (50 GAL) PRIOR TO TAKE OFF. PILOT ENCOUNTERED STRONGER THAN ANTICIPATED HEADWINDS ENROUTE. APPROACHING TUL PILOT RECEIVED RADAR VECTORING HE DID NOT ANTICIPATE. PILOT BECAME ANXIOUS ABOUT FUEL STATE AND ADVISED ATC. EARLY MODEL (1954) E-35 AIRCRAFT HAS ONE FUEL INDICATOR FOR THREE FUEL GAUGES WHEN READING LOW LEVEL. AIRCRAFT WAS RADAR VECTORED FOR LANDING ON R-18 AT TUL RATHER THAN ORIGINAL DESTINATION OF RVS. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH SEVEN GALLONS (40 MINUTES) OF USEABLE FUEL REMAINING. THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.
Other reports on N7309B · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.