# Incident 20050718021689I: Trytek 65LB, Santa Claus, IN, July 18, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2005, 14:33 local time
- Place: Santa Claus, IN
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1161° N, 86.9272° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Claus, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1161&lon=-86.9272&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33821, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N33821) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 65-LB (registry code 0190932, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-65-lb) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TRYTEK 65LB
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 160 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050718021689I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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