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FAA incident report · Cessna 120 · Boulder City, NV · January 7, 2000

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Date
January 7, 2000 · 15:00 local
Place
Boulder City, NV
Airport
Boulder City Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N77446
Reported as
Cessna 120
Reported engine
Continental C85*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total25 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days
N77446Registered now · Cessna 120S/N 11889 · Built 1946Airframe modelCessna 120Engine modelContinental C85 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)Pilot privacy data omitted on the 7th of January 2000, at 1500 local, while doing touch and go pattern work in Cessna 120, N77446, after take-off from rwy 27L, at Boulder City airport, at approx. 400 feet AGL, engine stumbled and began to run rough. A/c made an immediate turn back towards the rwy when the engine quit. Pilot landed a/c on an easterly heading approx. 1000 feet south of departure end of rwy 27L. Aircraft traveled approx. 30 to 45 feet then nosed over in the soft sand and came to rest on it's back with minor damage. No injuries to single occupant. Pilot stated the a/c had been fueled eariler that day in preparation for cross country flight to cal nev ari (1L4) airport, NV. The right wing tank was topped off and the left wing tank indicated 1/3 qty. There was no visual check of the left wing tank qty. On return from cross country flight and after completing 8 or 9 touch and go's was when incident occurred. Examination found no fuel in right tank, minimal in left tank and no fuel in main fuel strainer bowl and fuel inlet line.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON THE 7TH OF JANUARY 2000, AT 1500 LOCAL, WHILE DOING TOUCH AND GO PATTERN WORK IN CESSNA 120, N77446, AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM RWY 27L, AT BOULDER CITY AIRPORT, AT APPROX. 400 FEET AGL, ENGINE STUMBLED AND BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. A/C MADE AN IMMEDIATE TURN BACK TOWARDS THE RWY WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. PILOT LANDED A/C ON AN EASTERLY HEADING APPROX. 1000 FEET SOUTH OF DEPARTURE END OF RWY 27L. AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROX. 30 TO 45 FEET THEN NOSED OVER IN THE SOFT SAND AND CAME TO REST ON IT'S BACK WITH MINOR DAMAGE. NO INJURIES TO SINGLE OCCUPANT. PILOT STATED THE A/C HAD BEEN FUELED EARILER THAT DAY IN PREPARATION FOR CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO CAL NEV ARI (1L4) AIRPORT, NV. THE RIGHT WING TANK WAS TOPPED OFF AND THE LEFT WING TANK INDICATED 1/3 QTY. THERE WAS NO VISUAL CHECK OF THE LEFT WING TANK QTY. ON RETURN FROM CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT AND AFTER COMPLETING 8 OR 9 TOUCH AND GO'S WAS WHEN INCIDENT OCCURRED. EXAMINATION FOUND NO FUEL IN RIGHT TANK, MINIMAL IN LEFT TANK AND NO FUEL IN MAIN FUEL STRAINER BOWL AND FUEL INLET LINE.