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Incident

FAA incident report · Lear 25C · Kansas City, MO · June 14, 2000

Date: June 14, 2000 · 20:50 local
Place: Kansas City, MO
Airport: Kansas City Downtown Airport
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: JOGA
Aircraft: N25MR
Reported as: Lear 25C
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,000 total4,000 in this make and model100 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) In his telephone statement, the pilot said he began transferring fuel from the wing tanks to the fuselage tank during descent into Kansas City. He became distracted and did not stop transferring fuel until he noticed that the wing tanks were getting very low. He advised ATC that he was low on fuel, and the flight was then given priority handling to touchdown. The engines did not flameout, the aircraft was not low on fuel, and there was no equipment malfunction. Incident CE2000IGA058 is closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) IN HIS TELEPHONE STATEMENT, THE PILOT SAID HE BEGAN TRANSFERRING FUEL FROM THE WING TANKS TO THE FUSELAGE TANK DURING DESCENT INTO KANSAS CITY. HE BECAME DISTRACTED AND DID NOT STOP TRANSFERRING FUEL UNTIL HE NOTICED THAT THE WING TANKS WERE GETTING VERY LOW. HE ADVISED ATC THAT HE WAS LOW ON FUEL, AND THE FLIGHT WAS THEN GIVEN PRIORITY HANDLING TO TOUCHDOWN. THE ENGINES DID NOT FLAMEOUT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT LOW ON FUEL, AND THERE WAS NO EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION. INCIDENT CE2000IGA058 IS CLOSED.