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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 120 · Auburn, WA · September 4, 2000

Date
September 4, 2000 · 19:15 local
Place
Auburn, WA
Airport
Auburn Academy Airport
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3132N
Reported as
Cessna 120
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total10 in this make and model15 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)privacy data omitted was administering a flight review to aircraft owner privacy data omitted , who did not meet the PIC requirements of 14 CFR part 61.56(c). privacy data omitted Was manipulating the controls of the aircraft while demonstrating a power off approach to a private airstrip. During the approach, privacy data omitted maneuvered the aircraft onto a slip to the left. When a go-around was initiated at approximately 150 feet AGL, the engine failed to produce power. privacy data omitted Took control of the aircraft and landed it approximately 400 feet from the end of the runway. After touchdown, cotrol of the aircraft was again transfered to privacy data omitted, and he began braking. The aircraft was stopped at the end of the runway resting on the engine cowling. privacy data omitted Stated that during the approach, the fuel elector was placed on the left tank, which had approximately 8 gallons of fuel remaining. He added that it was likely that the slip initiated during the approach caused the reamining fuel in the tank to move away from the tank outlet, resulting in fuel starvation.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)^PRIVACY DA^ WAS ADMINISTERING A FLIGHT REVIEW TO AIRCRAFT OWNER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ , WHO DID NOT MEET THE PIC REQUIREMENTS OF 14 CFR PART 61.56(C). ^PRIVACY DATA^ WAS MANIPULATING THE CONTROLS OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE DEMONSTRATING A POWER OFF APPROACH TO A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP. DURING THE APPROACH, ^PRIVACY DATA^ MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT ONTO A SLIP TO THE LEFT. WHEN A GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED AT APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET AGL, THE ENGINE FAILED TO PRODUCE POWER. ^PRIVACY DA^ TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND LANDED IT APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, COTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS AGAIN TRANSFERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA^, AND HE BEGAN BRAKING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY RESTING ON THE ENGINE COWLING. ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED THAT DURING THE APPROACH, THE FUEL ELECTOR WAS PLACED ON THE LEFT TANK, WHICH HAD APPROXIMATELY 8 GALLONS OF FUEL REMAINING. HE ADDED THAT IT WAS LIKELY THAT THE SLIP INITIATED DURING THE APPROACH CAUSED THE REAMINING FUEL IN THE TANK TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE TANK OUTLET, RESULTING IN FUEL STARVATION.

Other reports on N3132N · 1

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