20010718024849I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Luscom 8F · La Porte, TX · July 18, 2001

Date
July 18, 2001 · 10:00 local
Place
La Porte, TX
Airport
La Porte Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1594B
Reported as
Luscom 8F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student

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) Student solo x-c flight ran one fuel tank dry. Student could not reposition fuel selector to the other tank. Emergency landing in a pasture, no injuries. Damage to landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT SOLO X-C FLIGHT RAN ONE FUEL TANK DRY. STUDENT COULD NOT REPOSITION FUEL SELECTOR TO THE OTHER TANK. EMERGENCY LANDING IN A PASTURE, NO INJURIES. DAMAGE TO LANDING GEAR.