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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Jabiru J250-SP · Oklahoma City, OK · May 30, 2008

Date: May 30, 2008 · 11:00 local
Place: Oklahoma City, OK
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N250SL
Reported as: Jabiru J250SP
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 730 total160 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N250SLRegistered now · Jabiru USA Sport J250-SPS/N 245 · Built 2005 Airframe modelJabiru USA Sport J250-SP 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 was conducting a VFR cross-country from shelbyville, TN (syi) with an ultimate destination of truckee, CA. He had departed okmulgee, OK (okm) after a fuel stop. He was managing his fuel valve of the left tank which had less fuel than the right tank. After approximately 30 minutes, he intended to feed fuel only from the left tank. At that point, he turned off the fuel valve for the right tank, but forgot to turn the left fuel valve back on. Shortly there after, the aircraft lost power and the pilot performed an emergency landing in a field just north of Oklahoma City, OK. It was after he landed that he realized that both fuel valves, located over and behind his shoulders, were turned off. Once the valves were positioned on, the aircraft started normally.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A VFR CROSS-COUNTRY FROM SHELBYVILLE, TN (SYI) WITH AN ULTIMATE DESTINATION OF TRUCKEE, CA. HE HAD DEPARTED OKMULGEE, OK (OKM) AFTER A FUEL STOP. HE WAS MANAGING HIS FUEL VALVE OF THE LEFT TANK WHICH HAD LESS FUEL THAN THE RIGHT TANK. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES, HE INTENDED TO FEED FUEL ONLY FROM THE LEFT TANK. AT THAT POINT, HE TURNED OFF THE FUEL VALVE FOR THE RIGHT TANK, BUT FORGOT TO TURN THE LEFT FUEL VALVE BACK ON. SHORTLY THERE AFTER, THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND THE PILOT PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD JUST NORTH OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. IT WAS AFTER HE LANDED THAT HE REALIZED THAT BOTH FUEL VALVES, LOCATED OVER AND BEHIND HIS SHOULDERS, WERE TURNED OFF. ONCE THE VALVES WERE POSITIONED ON, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED NORMALLY.