# Incident 20080530834579I: Jabiru J250SP, Oklahoma City, OK, May 30, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2008, 11:00 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4676° N, 97.5164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oklahoma City, OK, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4676&lon=-97.5164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N250SL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N250SL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jabiru USA Sport J250-SP (registry code 060001T, https://openairdocs.org/model/jabiru-usa-sport-j250-sp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JABIRU J250SP
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 730 total, 160 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080530834579I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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