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Incident

FAA incident report · Trytek 65-LB · Santa Claus, IN · July 18, 2005

Date: July 18, 2005 · 14:33 local
Place: Santa Claus, IN
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N33821
Reported as: Trytek 65LB
Reported engine: Continental A658
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 300 total160 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N33821Registered now · Aeronca 65-LBS/N LB13631 · Built 1955 Airframe modelAeronca 65-LB Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

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

(-23) Pilot departed peach state airport (GA2) on a VFR flight to pontiac municipal airport (kpnt) with a planned fuel stop at huntingburg airport (khnb). Pilot filed a VFR flight plan and obtained a weather briefing from the macon fss. Encountered isolated thunderstorms en route from GA2 to hnb that required a 40 mile deviation east of course. Aircraft experienced fuel depletion approximately 8 nautical miles south east of hnb and the pilot executed an emergency landing in a bean field. The pilot was not injured and the aircraft sustained no damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED PEACH STATE AIRPORT (GA2) ON A VFR FLIGHT TO PONTIAC MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KPNT) WITH A PLANNED FUEL STOP AT HUNTINGBURG AIRPORT (KHNB). PILOT FILED A VFR FLIGHT PLAN AND OBTAINED A WEATHER BRIEFING FROM THE MACON FSS. ENCOUNTERED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EN ROUTE FROM GA2 TO HNB THAT REQUIRED A 40 MILE DEVIATION EAST OF COURSE. AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED FUEL DEPLETION APPROXIMATELY 8 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH EAST OF HNB AND THE PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A BEAN FIELD. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE.