# Incident 20100606005489I: Grumman G-44A, Mukilteo, WA, June 6, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2010, 13:30 local time
- Place: Mukilteo, WA
- Airport: Paine Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9103° N, 122.3099° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mukilteo, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9103&lon=-122.3099&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86627, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N86627) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-44A (registry code 3951508, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-44a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G-44A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,615 total, 835 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100606005489I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND PIC OF N86627, A GRUMMAN G44A EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE WATER APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES FROM THE MUKILTEO BOAT LAUNCH AT 1:30 PM ON 6/6/10. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RENO,NV WITH A TOTAL FUEL LOAD OF 90 GALS HEADING TO FRIDAY HARBOR,WA (FHR). ENGINE STARTED SURGING OVER PAINE FIELD (PAE). ONE ENGINE QUIT FOLLOWED BY THE OTHER SHORTLY AFTERWARD. PILOT ADMITTED IT WAS FUEL STARVATION. NO DAMAGE WAS INCURRED ON THE AIRCRAFT. TWO SOB AND NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT WAS FUELED AT THE MUKILTEO BOAT LAUNCH BY REGAL AIR'S FUEL TRUCK. 60 GALS WERE LOADED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO PAE. THE PILOT HAD CURRENT PILOT CERTIFICATE, MEDICAL CERTIFICATE, BFR, AND THE AIRCRAFT LOG INDICATED ALL INSPECTIONS WERE CURRENT.

## Other reports on N86627 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20090917049529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090917049529A), Sep 17, 2009: Grumman G-44A (N86627), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. On 9-16-09, the aircraft was flown for a maintenance test flight after maintenance on several items. The RH gear, outboard wheel half had been replaced. The…

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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