# Incident 20000526035169I: Cessna 170B, Culpeper, VA, May 26, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2000, 16:43 local time
- Place: Culpeper, VA
- Airport: Culpeper County Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5255° N, 77.8596° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CULPEPER RGNL (CJR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5255&lon=-77.8596&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4628C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4628C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT GO300B
- Pilot flight hours: 580 total, 140 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000526035169I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON MAY 26, 2000, N4628C DEPARTED RUNWAY 22, CULPEPER, VA (W49) ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT SUBSEQUENT TO MAINTENANCE HAVING BEEN PERFORMED ON THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE. DURING CLIMBOUT, AT APPROXIMATELY 900 FEET MSL, THE ENGINE QUIT DUE TO DUEL STARVATION.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A "RECENTLY CUT HAYFIELD".  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING HIS PREFLIGHT HE MISREAD HIS FUEL GAUAGES, STATING THE INDICATOR NEEDLE PARTIALL COVERED THE "E", WHICH CAUSED HIM TO READ "F".

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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