# Incident 20030529019259I: Cessna 335, Detroit/Grosse, MI, May 29, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2003, 17:15 local time
- Place: Detroit/Grosse, MI
- Airport: Grosse Ile Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0991° N, 83.1615° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GROSSE ILE MUNI (ONZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0991&lon=-83.1615&mi=10
- Aircraft: N335A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N335A-2003-11-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 335 (registry code 2075601, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-335) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 335
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030529019259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT (MAC GARDNER) STATED THAT HE WAS RETURNING FROM A TRIP TO GRIFFITH AIRPORT, IN, FROM WHERE HE TOOK-OFF APPROX. AT 4PM. WEATHER AT GRIFFITH WAS IFR. AFTER CLIMBING TO 7,000 SWITCHED BOTH ENGINES TO AUX TANKS. IN DETROIT AREA SWITCHED BOTH ENGINES OVER TO RH MAIN TANK. RH ENG QUIT 1ST 20 TO 30 SECONDS BEFORE THE LH. AT THE TIME THAT THE ENGS QUIT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROX. 3/4 MILE FINAL TO RWY 4 AND HE HAD NO TIME TO RESTART (HIS CHOICE WAS TO HIT THE TREES OR PUT THE ACFT ON THE WATER). HE THEN DITCHED THE ACFT ON THE WATER AND FLIPPED OVER. THE PILOT ESTIMATED THAT APPROX 20 GALS OF FUEL WERE STILL AVAILABLE IN THE LH WING MAIN TANK. WEATHER AT GROSSE ILE WAS VFR.

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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