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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 337G · Marengo, IL · October 18, 1997

Date
October 18, 1997 · 13:30 local
Place
Marengo, IL
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5JT
Reported as
Cessna 337G
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,700 total400 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

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: both engines quit due to fuel starvation. The aircraft landed in a cornfield with minor damage. The front fuel gauge indicated 15 gallons of available fuel and the rear gauge indicated 10 gallons of available fuel. Misinterpretation of available fuel on board.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: BOTH ENGINES QUIT DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A CORNFIELD WITH MINOR DAMAGE. THE FRONT FUEL GAUGE INDICATED 15 GALLONS OF AVAILABLE FUEL AND THE REAR GAUGE INDICATED 10 GALLONS OF AVAILABLE FUEL. MISINTERPRETATION OF AVAILABLE FUEL ON BOARD.