20051004029389A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Supac LCA · Mcgregor, TX · October 4, 2005

Date
October 4, 2005 · 18:08 local
Place
Mcgregor, TX
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N32476
NTSB investigation
NTSBDFW06CA002
Reported as
Supac LCA
Reported engine
Continental C85*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
540 total40 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) On 10/04/2005, at approximately 1806 CST, culver (Lca), aircraft registration #N32476, owned and operated by the pilot privacy data omitted experienced fuel starvation while on a flight from san antonio, Texas to Mcgregor, Texas, over Mcgregor, Texas at about 3500 feet. The pilot privacy data omitted was able to land the aircraft at the edge of a field on the ag farm road when it hit a fence post taking off the left wing and skidding across the road bending the engine mounts and stopping on the other side of the road in a ditch. The pilot and passenger received minor injuries to the forehead area and were treated and released from the hospital that evening. This report is closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 10/04/2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1806 CST, CULVER (LCA), AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION #N32476, OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPERIENCED FUEL STARVATION WHILE ON A FLIGHT FROM SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS TO MCGREGOR, TEXAS, OVER MCGREGOR, TEXAS AT ABOUT 3500 FEET. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ WAS ABLE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT AT THE EDGE OF A FIELD ON THE AG FARM ROAD WHEN IT HIT A FENCE POST TAKING OFF THE LEFT WING AND SKIDDING ACROSS THE ROAD BENDING THE ENGINE MOUNTS AND STOPPING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD IN A DITCH. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES TO THE FOREHEAD AREA AND WERE TREATED AND RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL THAT EVENING. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.