19990825032179I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna T337D · Nephi, UT · August 25, 1999

Date
August 25, 1999 · 12:20 local
Place
Nephi, UT
Airport
Nephi Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N555MD
Reported as
Cessna T337D
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360FB
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,100 total1,950 in this make and model27 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.

(-23) Pilot states he was on a cross country flight from mesa, AZ to Idaho when both engines stopped. He "dead sticked" the aircraft into a safe landing at Nephi, UT. The "aux" tanks were dry. The main tanks had approximately 38 gallons total fuel left. The pilot suspects fuel contamination at falconair in mesa, AZ. There was no evidence of fuel contamination. According to the pilots statement he was using fuel from the aux tanks when the second engine failed. The fueler at Nephi confirmed the aux tanks were empty. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATES HE WAS ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM MESA, AZ TO IDAHO WHEN BOTH ENGINES STOPPED. HE "DEAD STICKED" THE AIRCRAFT INTO A SAFE LANDING AT NEPHI, UT. THE "AUX" TANKS WERE DRY. THE MAIN TANKS HAD APPROXIMATELY 38 GALLONS TOTAL FUEL LEFT. THE PILOT SUSPECTS FUEL CONTAMINATION AT FALCONAIR IN MESA, AZ. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL CONTAMINATION. ACCORDING TO THE PILOTS STATEMENT HE WAS USING FUEL FROM THE AUX TANKS WHEN THE SECOND ENGINE FAILED. THE FUELER AT NEPHI CONFIRMED THE AUX TANKS WERE EMPTY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^