# Accident 19980817034849A: Cessna T337G, Hays, KS, August 17, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1998, 17:08 local time
- Place: Hays, KS
- Airport: Hays Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8422° N, 99.2732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAYS RGNL (HYS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8422&lon=-99.2732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T337G (registry code 2075726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980817034849A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 17, 1998, AT 1708 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA T337G, N57C, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A FORCED LANDING IN A FARM FIELD, ABOUT EIGHT MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYS, KANSAS. THE PILOT SAID THAT HE EXHUSTED THE USABLE FUEL.  THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES, WHILE HIS PASSENTER REPORTED NO INJURIES.  THE PERSONAL 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.  NO FLIGHT PLAN AS ON FILE.                                                                  (-23) THE FLIGHT BEING OPERATED UNDER CFR 14 PART 91, ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO PALWAUKEE AIRPORT TO GOODLAND, KANSAS, RAN OUT OF FUEL TEN MILES EAST OF HAYS, KANSAS. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE BELLY AND LANDING GEAR IN THE OFF-AIRPORT LANDING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND PASSENGER. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N57C (1)

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

- [Incident 19880809059379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880809059379I), Aug 9, 1988: Cessna T337G (N57C), Bakersfield, CA. Forced landing at Bakersfield when engines quit due to fuel exhaustion. Said gauges read 20 gals. Recalibrated gauges

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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