# Incident 19970608021739I: Gulstm AA1B, Mccomb, MS, June 8, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1997, 13:42 local time
- Place: Mccomb, MS
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.2445° N, 90.4716° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McComb, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2445&lon=-90.4716&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1466R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1466R-2013-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1B (registry code 3960103, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 210 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970608021739I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT DEPARTED UNDER UFR AND DID NOT OBTAIN A WEATHER BRIEFING FOR HIS FLIGHT TO MCCOMB, MS. PILOT BECAME LOST AND DID NOT KNOW HOW TO PROGRAM HIS HAND HELD GPS. AIRCRAFT DESCENDED BELOW CLOUD OVERCAST, VISIBILITY (LOW) AND MIST PREVAILED. MVFR CONDITIONS. AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED FUEL EXHAUSTION NEAR MCCOMB VOR. WITNESSES OBSERVED AIRCRAFT OVERHEAD WHERE THEY SAY HE SHUT ENGINE OFF AND GLIDED INTO FIELD. LATE INVESTIGATORS FOUND THAT AIRCRAFT HAD NO FUEL RESULTING IN FUEL STARVATION AND OFF-AIRPORT LANDING. 8.	OUT OF DATE MEDICAL 9.	OUT OF DATE FLIGHT REVIEW. 10.	TRANSPONDER INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS OUT OF DATE.

## Other reports on N1466R (1)

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

- [Accident 20050705015439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050705015439A), Jul 5, 2005: Amrgen AA1B (N1466R), Llano, TX, Destroyed. (-23) Pilot had flown from el dorado TX to Llano TX to pick up a passenger and return to el dorado to look at some cattle. They fueled the aircraft at Llano.…

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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