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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Amtr PAZMANPL1 · Sioux Falls, SD · June 11, 2009

Date: June 11, 2009 · 15:50 local
Place: Sioux Falls, SD
Airport: Joe Foss Field
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N3892J
Reported as: Amtr PAZMANPL1
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,000 total6 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

N3892JRegistration cancelled Apr 19, 2023 · Bradley Robert W PAZMANY PL-1S/N 95 · Built 1984 Airframe modelBradley Robert W PAZMANY PL-1 Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While enroute from sturgis SD to Sioux center IA, the aircraft engine quit due to fuel starvation approximately 4 miles west of kfsd. The aircraft made an emergency landing at kfsd. The flight instructor onboard the aircraft at the incident, stated the approximately one hour before the engine quit, they noticed the engine having some hesitation and he and the pilot were having some difficulty with the switchology of the fuel system, but also noted that the fuel quantity gages read 1/2 and 3/8 capacity. Once on the ground the fuel tanks were found to be empty.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ENROUTE FROM STURGIS SD TO SIOUX CENTER IA, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL STARVATION APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES WEST OF KFSD. THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT KFSD. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE INCIDENT, STATED THE APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR BEFORE THE ENGINE QUIT, THEY NOTICED THE ENGINE HAVING SOME HESITATION AND HE AND THE PILOT WERE HAVING SOME DIFFICULTY WITH THE SWITCHOLOGY OF THE FUEL SYSTEM, BUT ALSO NOTED THAT THE FUEL QUANTITY GAGES READ 1/2 AND 3/8 CAPACITY. ONCE ON THE GROUND THE FUEL TANKS WERE FOUND TO BE EMPTY.