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Incident

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7GCAA · Whiteoak, TX · February 14, 2002

Date
February 14, 2002 · 11:00 local
Place
Whiteoak, TX
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N7554F
Reported as
Bbavia 7GCAA
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A2B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,400 total10,400 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days

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) On February 14, 2002 at approximately 1130 CDT aircraft N7554F operated by darwin roraback and owned by martin e. whelan experienced low fuel conditions and had to land on highway 42 near the town of Whiteoak, Texas. The aircraft is a champion, model 7-gcaa. There were no injuries to the pilot who was the sole occupant on board the aircraft and there was no damage to the aircraft. The aircraft was refueled and the Whiteoak police allowed the aircraft to depart from the highway at 1200 CDT February 14, 2002. Mr. Roraback called an a & p mechanic to come to the aircraft to conduct an inspection of the aircraft engine and fuel system prior to the departure of the aircraft from highway 42.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 14, 2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 CDT AIRCRAFT N7554F OPERATED BY DARWIN RORABACK AND OWNED BY MARTIN E. WHELAN EXPERIENCED LOW FUEL CONDITIONS AND HAD TO LAND ON HIGHWAY 42 NEAR THE TOWN OF WHITEOAK, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT IS A CHAMPION, MODEL 7-GCAA. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REFUELED AND THE WHITEOAK POLICE ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO DEPART FROM THE HIGHWAY AT 1200 CDT FEBRUARY 14, 2002. MR. RORABACK CALLED AN A & P MECHANIC TO COME TO THE AIRCRAFT TO CONDUCT AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE AND FUEL SYSTEM PRIOR TO THE DEPARTURE OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM HIGHWAY 42.

Other reports on N7554F · 1

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