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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr RANSS7 · Medford, WI · August 26, 1997

Date: August 26, 1997 · 20:00 local
Place: Medford, WI
Airport: Taylor County Airport
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8251B
Reported as: Amtr RANSS7
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 107 total12 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N8251BRegistered now · Smith David B RANS S7 COURIERS/N 1194142 · Built 1994 Airframe modelSmith David B RANS S7 COURIER Engine modelBombardier ROTAX (ALL)Reciprocating

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: upon inspection of the aircraft the left fuel tank was empty and the right tank nearly full. The carburetor bowls were found empty. By back blowing through the fuel pump line, the right fuel tank pressurized unable to back blow through right vent line, the pilot/builder stated that when installing the right fuel vent he found it blocked and that it had to be re-drilled. On August 25, 1997 at 2000 cdst a rans S7, N8251B landed short of runway 15 at Taylor County Airport (mdz) after the engine stopped running. The aircraft received minor damage. The private rated pilot reported no injuries. The flight was a personnel flight conducted under CFR part 91 rules and visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan was filed. The flight originated at Taylor County Airport with that being the final destination.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT THE LEFT FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY AND THE RIGHT TANK NEARLY FULL. THE CARBURETOR BOWLS WERE FOUND EMPTY. BY BACK BLOWING THROUGH THE FUEL PUMP LINE, THE RIGHT FUEL TANK PRESSURIZED UNABLE TO BACK BLOW THROUGH RIGHT VENT LINE, THE PILOT/BUILDER STATED THAT WHEN INSTALLING THE RIGHT FUEL VENT HE FOUND IT BLOCKED AND THAT IT HAD TO BE RE-DRILLED. ON AUGUST 25, 1997 AT 2000 CDST A RANS S7, N8251B LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY 15 AT TAYLOR COUNTY AIRPORT (MDZ) AFTER THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PRIVATE RATED PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT WAS A PERSONNEL FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER CFR PART 91 RULES AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT TAYLOR COUNTY AIRPORT WITH THAT BEING THE FINAL DESTINATION.