# Incident 20010622013109I: Amtr CA8, Caruthersville, MO, June 22, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2001, 12:00 local time
- Place: Caruthersville, MO
- Airport: Caruthersville Memorial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1691° N, 89.6765° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CARUTHERSVILLE MEML (M05), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1691&lon=-89.6765&mi=10
- Aircraft: N155JD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N155JD-2018-02-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lawson J/Bowie R/Smith M CA-8 (registry code 05610AT, https://openairdocs.org/model/lawson-j-bowie-r-smith-m-ca-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Walter M601 series (registry code 64002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/walter-m601-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR CA8
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,500 total, 42 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010622013109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT PERFORMING FLIGHT TESTING AT 15,500 FEET MSL. AT TAKEOFF, PILOT DETERMINED THAT 104 GALLONS OF FUEL WAS ONBOARD AIRCRAFT.  WHILE AT ALTITUDE, PILOT STATED ENGINE QUIT DUE TO APPARENT FUEL STARVATION.  HOWEVER, AIRCRAFT FUEL TOTALIZER ESTIMATED 44.2 GALLONS OF FUEL REMAINED.  PILOT CONTACTED MEMPHIS CENTER FOR THE NEAREST AIRPORT LOCATION, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE VAN BUREN, MO AIRPORT.  AIRCRAFT SPIRALED DOWN TO AIRPORT AND PILOT ELECTED TO LAND OFF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS DUE TO RUNWAY DROPOFF AT THE END.  AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS CONTACTED SOFT GROUND PRIOR TO COMING TO REST RESULTING IN BENT PROPELLER BLADES.  OTHER NOTABLE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS TO THE AIRCRAFT SKIN NEXT TO LANDING GEAR.  CREW SUSPECTS FUEL LEAK FROM UNDERSIDE OF RIGHT WING.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  SECOND PILOT ONBOARD AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING FLIGHT ENGINEER/RECORDING DUTIES ONLY.

## Other reports on N155JD (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20121128027479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121128027479A), Nov 28, 2012: Lawson J/Bowie R/Smith M CA-8 (N155JD), Merritt Island, FL, Destroyed. N155JD was enroute to merrit Island airport arriving VFR from the north at 8500'. Prior to arriving at merrit Island the pilot experienced problems with the…

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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