# Incident 19990126015389I: Beech A45, Tuscola, IL, January 26, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1999, 15:30 local time
- Place: Tuscola, IL
- Airport: Tuscola Airport
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7812° N, 88.3064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUSCOLA (K96), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7812&lon=-88.3064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N134VW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A45
- Reported engine: CONT IO550B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990126015389I

## Narrative

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

(-5) WHILE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN ON DOWNWIND LEG FOR RUNWAY 9 AT TUSCOLA AIRPORT, TUSCOLA, IL, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE SUFFERED A POWER LOSS. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE BY SELECTING ANOTHER FUEL TANK AND TURNING ON THE ELECTRIC BOOST PUMP, TO NO AVAIL. THE PILOT MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING COMING TO REST APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY OF INTENDED LANDING. NO DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY. THE AIRCRAFT MAIN FUEL TANKS WERE FILLED PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT. THE PILOT STATED HE THOUGHT HE SMELLED FUEL JUST PRIOR TO THE ENGINE LOSS.

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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