# Incident 19971013035359I: Cessna 180, Yarmouth, ME, October 13, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 1997, 08:30 local time
- Place: Yarmouth, ME
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8038° N, 70.1886° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yarmouth, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8038&lon=-70.1886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5107E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5107E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180B (registry code 2072606, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 160 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971013035359I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: OCTOBER 13, 1997, N5107E DEPARTED MERRYMEETING AIRPORT FOR TWITCHELL'S AIRPORT, WHERE IT WAS EXPECTED TO TAKE ON MORE FUEL ARRIVING AT TWITCHELL'S. 5107E FOUND THE AIRPORT FOG BOUND AND WAS UNABLE TO LAND. 5107E TURNED TOWARD PWM AND WAS ADVISED PWM ATCT IT WAS COMING FOR FUEL. WHILE EN-ROUTE 5107E THEN TOLD PWM IT WAS RUNNING OUT OF FUEL AND IT WOULD LAND. 5107E WAS PILOTED BY D. MIXON. UPON LANDING THE PILOT CONVINCED SEVERAL PASSERS-BY TO GET FUEL FOR HIS CRAFT. AFTER REFUELING, 5107E TOOK OFF FOR STOWE, MA. WHICH HE ADVISED AFTER HE WAS WELL ON HIS WAY. NOTE: A/C HAS MOGAS STC INSTALLED.

## Other reports on N5107E (1)

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

- [Accident 19770612021959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770612021959A), Jun 12, 1977: Cessna 180B (N5107E), Oak Island, MN, Substantial damage. L wng tip contacted water,cartwheeled. Float eqpd

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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