# Incident 19960512016729I: Bbavia 8KCAB, Madison, WI, May 12, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1996, 17:00 local time
- Place: Madison, WI
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0731° N, 89.4012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Madison, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0731&lon=-89.4012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N102GD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N102GD-2020-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Champion 8KCAB (registry code 2121000, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 8KCAB
- Reported engine: LYC AEIO360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,627 total, 50 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960512016729I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM MADISON, WISCONSIN TO ANTIGO AND RETURN AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00 P.M. MAY 12, 1996 A 8KCAB AMERICAN CHAMPION N102GD OWNED & OPERATED BY GERARD F. DOHM. MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING ON AN OPEN FIELD. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY. AND NO INJURIES. WEATHER NOT A FACTOR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE PILOT MISCALCULATED HIS FUEL CONSUMPTION WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION AND MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING.

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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