# Incident 20040621015719I: Cessna 140, Alliance, NE, June 21, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2004, 19:06 local time
- Place: Alliance, NE
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1026° N, 102.8769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alliance, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1026&lon=-102.8769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77007, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77007) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,950 total, 2,950 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040621015719I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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