19970522016579I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 120 · Alachua, FL · May 22, 1997

Date
May 22, 1997 · 14:45 local
Place
Alachua, FL
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4037N
Reported as
Cessna 120
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
198 total70 in this make and model79 in the last 90 days

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: the pilot ran out of fuel in less time than the flight manual allowed. He knew he was low on fuel and pressed forward until the engine quit. Pilot has been counseled on poor judgment. Landed in open field: no damage no injury.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT RAN OUT OF FUEL IN LESS TIME THAN THE FLIGHT MANUAL ALLOWED. HE KNEW HE WAS LOW ON FUEL AND PRESSED FORWARD UNTIL THE ENGINE QUIT. PILOT HAS BEEN COUNSELED ON POOR JUDGMENT. LANDED IN OPEN FIELD: NO DAMAGE NO INJURY.