# Incident 20010509011999I: Cessna 340CESSNA, Green Bay, WI, May 9, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2001, 23:10 local time
- Place: Green Bay, WI
- Airport: Austin Straubel Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4835° N, 88.1308° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Austin Straubel International Airport (GRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4835&lon=-88.1308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N128CK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N128CK-2005-01-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340CESSNA
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 1,600 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/20010509011999I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT STATED THAT HE DEPARTED DRIEGS IDAHO VFR AND OBTAINED AN IFR CLEARANCE WITH AN INTENDED DESTINATION OF ADAMS COUNTY AIRPORT, FRIENDSHIP, WISCONSIN. HE STATED THAT BECAUSE OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HE DIVERTED TO GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN. HE STATED HE DEPARTED WITH 183 GALLONS OF FUEL WHICH IS AN ENDURANCE OF 5 HOURS, 30 MINUTES.  HE STATED ESTIMATED TIME ENROUTE WAS FOUR HOURS, 30 MINUTES.  PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD 1600 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME IN THE CESSNA 340 AIRCRAFT.  REGARDING FUEL MANAGEMENT, HE STATED THAT HE BURNED OFF THE MAIN TANKS FOR 2 HOURS, THE AUXIALLY TANKS FOR 50 MINUTES THAT THEN TURNED ON THE TRANSFER PUMP FOR THE NACELLE FUEL AND WNET TO CROSSFEED FOR 15 MINUTES TO MAINTAIN FUEL BALANCE.  HE STATED HE TURNED THE CROSSFEED OFF AND CONTINUED TO TRANSFER THE FUEL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 15 MINUTES.  PILOT STATED THAT WHEN TRANSFER PUMP IS TURNED ON A FUEL TRANSEFER LIKE FLICKERS MOMENTARILY.  HE STATED THE LIGHT ILLUMINATES AGAIN WHEN THE NACELLE TANK IS DRY.  PILOT STATED THAT FOR LUBRICATION OF THE NACELLE BLADDER TANK, HE DOES NOT NORMALLY DRAIN ALL OF THE FUEL OUT TO THE TANK.  HE STATED AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 600 AGL ON FINAL FOR RUNWAY 18, THE RIGHT  ENGINE QUIT. HE STATED HE ATTEMPTED TO SWITCH TANKS, ADDED FULL POWER TO THE LEFT ENGINE, BUT DID NOT FEATHER THE RIGHT ENGINE.  HE STATED WITH THIS CONFIGURATION, HE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE RUNWAY.  PILOT STATED THAT AFTER THE INCIDENT HE DISCOVERED THAT THE CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE NACELLE TRANSFER PUMP HAD POPPED AND THE FUEL HAD NOT TRANSFERRED OUT OF THE NACELLE TANK.  PILOT STATED THAT BECAUSE OF THE INACCURACY OF THE AIRCRAFT'S FUEL GAUGES, HE DID NOT NOTICE THAT THE 20 GALLONS OF FUEL FROM THE NACELLE HAD NOT ACTUALLY TRANSFERRED TO THE RIGHT MAIN TANK.

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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