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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Indusa T211 THORPEDO · Sweetwater, TX · October 24, 2007

Date: October 24, 2007 · 13:45 local
Place: Sweetwater, TX
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N52EJ
Reported as: Indusa T211THORPEDO
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 950 total8 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N52EJRegistered now · Indus T211 THORPEDOS/N 020S Airframe modelIndus T211 THORPEDO

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) After filling the aircraft with 10 gallons of fuel at the abilene regional airport (abi) in abilene, Texas, the pilot verified the fuel tank was full. The aircraft departed VFR west bound. Approximately 20 minutes into the flight the engine quit due to fuel exhaustion. The pilot initiated an emergency landing 4 miles south of Sweetwater, Texas in an open field, resulting in minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER FILLING THE AIRCRAFT WITH 10 GALLONS OF FUEL AT THE ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT (ABI) IN ABILENE, TEXAS, THE PILOT VERIFIED THE FUEL TANK WAS FULL. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED VFR WEST BOUND. APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE PILOT INITIATED AN EMERGENCY LANDING 4 MILES SOUTH OF SWEETWATER, TEXAS IN AN OPEN FIELD, RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE.