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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Univar 415-C · Sallisaw, OK · July 21, 1997

Date: July 21, 1997 · 18:30 local
Place: Sallisaw, OK
Airport: Sallisaw Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N99969
Reported as: Univar 415C
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 201 total120 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

N99969Registered now · Ercoupe 415-CS/N 2592 · Built 1946 Airframe modelErcoupe 415-C Engine modelContinental A&C75 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-5) On July 21, 1997, at approximately 1830, an Ercoupe 415C, N99969, the pilot, Mrs. Larry thomason, and a passenger were returning to Sallisaw airport from lake tenkiller when the engine quit. The pilot landed the aircraft in a field and during rollout, it crossed an erosion drain ditch. The aircraft turned and skidded on its side. The nose gear, one blade of the propeller and landing gear were bent. The header tank was empty, but the two wing tanks were more than half full. The fuel pump filter was partially blocked with dirt, preventing the pump from pumping fuel to the header tank. Mr. Thomason said he observed the head indicator was low, but thought he saw it bobbing, and thought there was fuel in the header tank until the engine quit. The aircraft suffered minor damage. There was no fire, no one was injured, and there was no other property damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-5) ON JULY 21, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 1830, AN ERCOUPE 415C, N99969, THE PILOT, MRS. LARRY THOMASON, AND A PASSENGER WERE RETURNING TO SALLISAW AIRPORT FROM LAKE TENKILLER WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD AND DURING ROLLOUT, IT CROSSED AN EROSION DRAIN DITCH. THE AIRCRAFT TURNED AND SKIDDED ON ITS SIDE. THE NOSE GEAR, ONE BLADE OF THE PROPELLER AND LANDING GEAR WERE BENT. THE HEADER TANK WAS EMPTY, BUT THE TWO WING TANKS WERE MORE THAN HALF FULL. THE FUEL PUMP FILTER WAS PARTIALLY BLOCKED WITH DIRT, PREVENTING THE PUMP FROM PUMPING FUEL TO THE HEADER TANK. MR. THOMASON SAID HE OBSERVED THE HEAD INDICATOR WAS LOW, BUT THOUGHT HE SAW IT BOBBING, AND THOUGHT THERE WAS FUEL IN THE HEADER TANK UNTIL THE ENGINE QUIT. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO FIRE, NO ONE WAS INJURED, AND THERE WAS NO OTHER PROPERTY DAMAGE.