# Incident 20090309004819I: Aviat A-1, Byron, GA, March 9, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2009, 17:45 local time
- Place: Byron, GA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6490° N, 83.7554° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Byron, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6490&lon=-83.7554&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5QT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5QT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1 (registry code 2210400, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT A-1
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,700 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090309004819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LANDED IN FIELD AFTER ENGINE POWER LOSS.  PILOT TRIED TO STOP AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO HITTING TREES AT END OF FIELD AND CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER BENDING THE PROPELLER, RIGHT WING STRUT AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE VERTICAL STABILIZER.  PILOT ESTIMATED HE HAD 45 GALLONS OF FUEL ON DEPARTURE THEN FLEW 6.0 HOURS AT 8 GALLONS PER HOUR AVERAGE USAGE.  OWNER OF AIRCRAFT INFORMED ME ON ARRIVAL AT SCENE THE PILOT ADMITED HE RAN OUT OF FUEL.  ON AIRCRAFT RECOVER NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE TANKS OR FUEL LINES.

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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