# Incident 19990422014359I: Bbavia 8KCAB, Ft Worth, TX, April 22, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 1999, 17:30 local time
- Place: Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Alliance Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2561Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2561Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8KCAB (registry code 1220801, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 8KCAB
- Reported engine: LYC AEIO360*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990422014359I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 22, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30AM, A DECATHLON N2561Z, MADE AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING APPROXIMATLEY 4 MILES EAST OF ALLIANCE AIRPORT, TEXAS. THERE WAS ONE PILOT AND A PASSENGER ON BOARD, THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN ASHEVILLE, N.C., AND THREE FUEL STOPS WERE MADE PRIOR TO THE ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. OUR INVESTIGATION AND AN ISPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ITS FUEL SYSTEMS REVEALED THE MOST PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE FUEL STARVATION WAS A WORN FUEL-CAP GASKET. THIS WAS VERIFIED BY A LETTER FROM THE A&P.

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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