# Accident 19960614013939A: Amrgen AG5B, Tulsa, OK, June 14, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1996, 23:45 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0496° N, 96.0204° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0496&lon=-96.0204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N115JE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N115JE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American General Acft AG5B (registry code 3990100, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-general-acft-ag5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AG5B
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 817 total, 33 in this make and model, 148 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96LA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA249) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960614013939A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL ON NIGHT APPROACH. LANDED CITY PARK. STRUCK CHAIN LINK FENCE. FAILED REFUEL AT EN ROUTE STOP. (-23) ON JUNE 14, 1996 AT 16:30 MDT, AN AG-5B AIRCRAFT, N115JE, BEGAN AN IFR FLIGHT FROM STERLING, CO (STK) TO R.L. JONES AIRPORT (RVS), TULSA, OK. WITH AN ULTIMATE DESTINATION OF BOCA RITON, FLORIDA. THE PILOT DIVERTED TO HILL CITY, KANSAS DUE TO WEATHER AND CONTINUED THE IFR FLIGHT TO TULSA, OK AFTER A 1 1/2 HOUR WEATHER DELAY IN HILL CITY. WHILE CIRCLING FOR LANDING, TWO MILES NORTH OF RVS AIRPORT, THE ENGINE ON THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED RUNNING. TE PILOT SWITCHED FUEL TANKS, GOT A THREE SECOND RESUMPTION OF POWER AND THE ENGINE STOPPED AGAIN. THE PILOT MADE THE EMERGENCY LANDING INTO AN OPEN AREA, BUT HIT OBSTRUCTIONS INCLUDING A CHAIN LINK FENCE WHICH CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT AND ONLY OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER RECOVERY FROM THE CRASH SITE INDICATED THE RIGHT TANK CONTAINED NO VISIBLE FUEL, WHICH WAS THE TANK THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS ON. THE LEFT TANK HAD A SMALL AMOUNT OF VISIBLE FUEL, ESTIMATED TO BE NO MORE THAN TWO GALLONS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW96LA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA249), Jun 15, 1996: American General AG-5B (N115JE), Tulsa, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper planning/decision, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and loss of engine power, due to an inadequate supply of fuel. Darkness was a related factor.

## Other reports on N115JE (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20130601008099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130601008099I), Jun 1, 2013: American General Acft Corp AG5B (N115JE), Holladay, UT, Minor damage. While on climbout over Holladay, UT (approx. 10 se of slc airport) at 8,000 feet mean sea lever and flying to parleys canyon, the pilot struck a pelican on the…

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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