19981226043079I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm AA-1C · Lancaster, PA · December 26, 1998

Date
December 26, 1998 · 10:30 local
Place
Lancaster, PA
Airport
Lancaster
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9666U
Reported as
Gulstm AA1C
Reported engine
Lycoming O235*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total75 in this make and model400 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.

(-5) Aircraft was doing touch and go landings on runway 13, Lancaster Airport. On second take off, aircraft experienced engine failure due to left wing tank fuel exhaustion. Right tank had five gallons of fuel.

As the FAA filed it

(-5) AIRCRAFT WAS DOING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 13, LANCASTER AIRPORT. ON SECOND TAKE OFF, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO LEFT WING TANK FUEL EXHAUSTION. RIGHT TANK HAD FIVE GALLONS OF FUEL.