# Incident 20071024826909I: Indusa T211THORPEDO, Sweetwater, TX, October 24, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2007, 13:45 local time
- Place: Sweetwater, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4694° N, 100.4087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sweetwater, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4694&lon=-100.4087&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52EJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52EJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Indus T211 THORPEDO (registry code 0600000, https://openairdocs.org/model/indus-t211-thorpedo) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: INDUSA T211THORPEDO
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 8 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071024826909I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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