# Incident 20020721029189I: Beech A36, July 21, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2002, 15:20 local time
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N380PC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N380PC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020721029189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS IN-ROUTE AT 9000' MSL ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM MKE TO GRB. HE INADVERTENTLY CAUGHT THE FUEL SELECTOR WITH HIS FOOT AND SHUT THE FUEL OFF. HE THEN DID NOT ATTEMPT TO RESTART THE AIRCRAFT. HE GLIDED TO A FARM FIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE NEXT DAY THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY FLOWN OFF OF A LOCAL ROAD WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF ANOTHER PILOT AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

## Other reports on N380PC (1)

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

- [Incident 19820904053349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820904053349I), Sep 4, 1982: Beech A36 (N380PC), Lake Geneva, WI, Minor damage. Forgot gear. Landed gear up.

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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