# Incident 20010514010329I: Diamon DA20A1, Chandler, AZ, May 14, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2001, 11:06 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3062° N, 111.8413° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chandler, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3062&lon=-111.8413&mi=10
- Aircraft: N606DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N606DA-2010-02-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-A1 (registry code 2990000, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da20-a1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMON DA20A1
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 50 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010514010329I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AIRCRAFT ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM SEDONA, AZ. PILOT MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN A FIELD SLIGHTLY DAMAGING THE NOSE WHEEL COWL.  FUEL TANK SUMP HAD ABOUT 4 OZ. OF FUEL REMAINING IN THE TANK.  PILOT REPORTS THAT THE FUEL GAUAGE INDICATED SLIGHTLY LESS THAN 1/4 OF A TANK OF FUEL REMAINING.  CHIEF INSTRUCTOR OF FLIGHT SCHOOL INDICATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATED 1/8 OF A TANK WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE FILED.  ONLY A FEW OUNCES OF FUEL WERE SUMPED FROM THE AIRCRAFT BY THE CHIEF INSTRUCTOR.  AN EVALUATION OF THE PILOTS FLIGHT PLANNING HAS BEEN SCHEDULED. A SAFETY RECOMMENDATION IS PLANNED TO PLACARD THE AIRCRAFT FUEL GAUGE AND TO MANDATE COMPLIANCE WITH A FACTORY "ALERT SERVICE BULLETIN".

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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