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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 560XL · Morristown, NJ · June 27, 2002

Date
June 27, 2002 · 18:20 local
Place
Morristown, NJ
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N1129E
Reported as
Cessna 560XL
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0

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) Aircraft was inbound to teterboro airport when ATC sent the aircraft to albany to hold due to thunderstorms and traffic flow problems. The aircraft was then allowed to proceed to teterboro and descended to a low altitude where fuel burn became excessive. When told that more delays should be anticipated into teterboro the crew informed ATC that fuel was becoming a factor. An emergency was declared, and the aircraft was vectored to Morristown airport where the aircraft landed with 850 lbs of fuel. The flight plan was to land at teterboro with 1100 lbs of fuel remaining.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS INBOUND TO TETERBORO AIRPORT WHEN ATC SENT THE AIRCRAFT TO ALBANY TO HOLD DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS AND TRAFFIC FLOW PROBLEMS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN ALLOWED TO PROCEED TO TETERBORO AND DESCENDED TO A LOW ALTITUDE WHERE FUEL BURN BECAME EXCESSIVE. WHEN TOLD THAT MORE DELAYS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED INTO TETERBORO THE CREW INFORMED ATC THAT FUEL WAS BECOMING A FACTOR. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS VECTORED TO MORRISTOWN AIRPORT WHERE THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH 850 LBS OF FUEL. THE FLIGHT PLAN WAS TO LAND AT TETERBORO WITH 1100 LBS OF FUEL REMAINING.