# Incident 20000107039599I: Cessna 120, Boulder City, NV, January 7, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2000, 15:00 local time
- Place: Boulder City, NV
- Airport: Boulder City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9473° N, 114.8611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOULDER CITY MUNI (BVU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9473&lon=-114.8611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77446, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77446) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 120 (registry code 2071402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- Reported engine: CONT C85*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 25 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/20000107039599I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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