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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Silver SH-4 · Red Bluff, CA · June 16, 1997

Date: June 16, 1997 · 14:55 local
Place: Red Bluff, CA
Airport: Red Bluff Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N824G
Reported as: Silver SH4
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 350 total75 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N824GRegistered now · Arlington Aircraft Development SH-4S/N 01-P · Built 1994 Airframe modelArlington Aircraft Development SH-4 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: prior to departure from myf fuel loading was verified full by refueling aircraft. Flight planning considering current conditions indicated aircraft would have landed with approximately 30 minutes of fuel remaining. The aircraft fuel totalizer was utilized for in-flight monitoring of fuel burns due to its accuracy instead of aircraft fuel quantity indicators. Total fuel loaded on aircraft was 33 gallons. Aircraft fuel totalizer indicated reserve fuel was remaining when the engine lost power due to fuel exhaustion. Aircraft made an off airport emergency landing with minor damage to aircraft and no injury to the occupants.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FROM MYF FUEL LOADING WAS VERIFIED FULL BY REFUELING AIRCRAFT. FLIGHT PLANNING CONSIDERING CURRENT CONDITIONS INDICATED AIRCRAFT WOULD HAVE LANDED WITH APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES OF FUEL REMAINING. THE AIRCRAFT FUEL TOTALIZER WAS UTILIZED FOR IN-FLIGHT MONITORING OF FUEL BURNS DUE TO ITS ACCURACY INSTEAD OF AIRCRAFT FUEL QUANTITY INDICATORS. TOTAL FUEL LOADED ON AIRCRAFT WAS 33 GALLONS. AIRCRAFT FUEL TOTALIZER INDICATED RESERVE FUEL WAS REMAINING WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. AIRCRAFT MADE AN OFF AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURY TO THE OCCUPANTS.