# Incident 19971018043589I: Cessna 337G, Marengo, IL, October 18, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 1997, 13:30 local time
- Place: Marengo, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2465° N, 88.5975° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marengo, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2465&lon=-88.5975&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5JT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5JT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337G (registry code 2075730, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 400 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971018043589I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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