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FAA incident report · Cessna 140 · Alliance, NE · June 21, 2004

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Date
June 21, 2004 · 19:06 local
Place
Alliance, NE
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N77007
Reported as
Cessna 140
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,950 total2,950 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days
N77007Registered now · Cessna 140S/N 11453 · Built 1946Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On a cross country flight at 6500 feet from Texas to chadron, Nebraska, the aircraft experienced a loss of power. While making an attempt to make the Alliance municipal airport, the pilot decided it was not safe and made an emergency landing on Nebraska highway 2 south of Alliance. After draining the fuel strainer, the pilot with the aid of a Nebraska state trooper departed on the highway and landed at Alliance municipal airport. The pilot hired a mechanic to inspect the fuel system however no anomalies were found. The pilot departed and landed at chadron municipal airport with no defects. The pilot had a mechanic inspect and break down the fuel system and the debris was in the carburetor bowl. The bowl and strainer were cleaned and the aircraft was flown around the pattern with no defects. The pilot stated he had come out to his aircraft last month and the fuel caps had been removed and fuel had been stolen from the tanks during the night. A wind storm ahd come up and he thought debris may have entered the tanks through the open caps.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT AT 6500 FEET FROM TEXAS TO CHADRON, NEBRASKA, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER. WHILE MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE ALLIANCE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, THE PILOT DECIDED IT WAS NOT SAFE AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON NEBRASKA HIGHWAY 2 SOUTH OF ALLIANCE. AFTER DRAINING THE FUEL STRAINER, THE PILOT WITH THE AID OF A NEBRASKA STATE TROOPER DEPARTED ON THE HIGHWAY AND LANDED AT ALLIANCE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT HIRED A MECHANIC TO INSPECT THE FUEL SYSTEM HOWEVER NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND. THE PILOT DEPARTED AND LANDED AT CHADRON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WITH NO DEFECTS. THE PILOT HAD A MECHANIC INSPECT AND BREAK DOWN THE FUEL SYSTEM AND THE DEBRIS WAS IN THE CARBURETOR BOWL. THE BOWL AND STRAINER WERE CLEANED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN AROUND THE PATTERN WITH NO DEFECTS. THE PILOT STATED HE HAD COME OUT TO HIS AIRCRAFT LAST MONTH AND THE FUEL CAPS HAD BEEN REMOVED AND FUEL HAD BEEN STOLEN FROM THE TANKS DURING THE NIGHT. A WIND STORM AHD COME UP AND HE THOUGHT DEBRIS MAY HAVE ENTERED THE TANKS THROUGH THE OPEN CAPS.