19990923029879I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A188 · Franklin, VA · September 23, 1999

Date: September 23, 1999 · 17:32 local
Place: Franklin, VA
Airport: Franklin Municipal-John Beverly Arp
Phase of flight: Forced Landing
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8074V
Reported as: Cessna A188
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 18,000 total15 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N8074VRegistration cancelled Mar 2, 2010 · Cessna A188S/N 188-0324 · Built 1968 Airframe modelCessna A188 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft departed Franklin airport, Virginia, (fkn) to conduct aerial spraying with full fuel and full hopper. Two hours into the spraying the pilot stated he looked at his watch and realized he was about to run out of fuel. The pilot returned back to fkn airport, and when the aircraft was on the short final to runway 22, the engine failed. Pilot turned the aircraft left and landed in a briar patch causing minor damage to left wing, both main landing gears, and one prop blade. The next day the pilot admitted that he ran the aircraft out of gas and inspectors confirmed the fuel tank was empty.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FRANKLIN AIRPORT, VIRGINIA, (FKN) TO CONDUCT AERIAL SPRAYING WITH FULL FUEL AND FULL HOPPER. TWO HOURS INTO THE SPRAYING THE PILOT STATED HE LOOKED AT HIS WATCH AND REALIZED HE WAS ABOUT TO RUN OUT OF FUEL. THE PILOT RETURNED BACK TO FKN AIRPORT, AND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE SHORT FINAL TO RUNWAY 22, THE ENGINE FAILED. PILOT TURNED THE AIRCRAFT LEFT AND LANDED IN A BRIAR PATCH CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO LEFT WING, BOTH MAIN LANDING GEARS, AND ONE PROP BLADE. THE NEXT DAY THE PILOT ADMITTED THAT HE RAN THE AIRCRAFT OUT OF GAS AND INSPECTORS CONFIRMED THE FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY.