# Incident 20011129035089I: Cessna 310R, Auburn, IN, November 29, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 2001, 16:50 local time
- Place: Auburn, IN
- Airport: De Kalb County Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3072° N, 85.0644° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at De Kalb County Airport (GWB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3072&lon=-85.0644&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5033J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5033J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Reported engine: CONT IO520MB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011129035089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT RAN LEFT AUX. TANK DRY. WHEN HE TRIED TO SWITCH SELECTOR TO MAIN TANK, IT WAS PREVENTED FROM GOING INTO DETENT POSITION BY A QUARTER THAT WAS LODGED BENEATH MAIN TANK SELECTOR. PILOT REMOVED QUARTER AND SELECTED MAIN TANK. LEFT ENGINE THEN STARTED. REPORT ENCLOSED.

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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