# Incident 20100810049879I: Cessna A188B, Danville, AL, August 10, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2010, 13:00 local time
- Place: Danville, AL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: DFQR
- Aircraft: N4885R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4885R-2010-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100810049879I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED HAYTI, MO (M28) FOR AMERICUS, GA (ACJ) AT 11:21 CST. 199 MILES FROM M28 PILOT SELECTED ALTERNATE FUEL SUPPLY (AIRCRAFT CHEMICAL HOPPER) AND ENGINE IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER.  PILOT POSITIONED SELECTOR BACK TO WING TANKS AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE. ENGINE FAILED TO RESTART, PILOT CONTACTED HUNTSVILLE (HSV), AL ATC AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. PILOT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING ON ALABAMA HIGHWAY 157 WEST AT MILE MARKER 21.  POST LANDING INVESTIGATION REVEALED:1. THERE WAS NO FUEL IN THE LINES PAST    THE  MAIN TANKS/ HOPPER TANK FUEL     SELECTOR VALVE.2. THERE WAS FUEL (100LL)IN THE MAIN     TANKS SUPPLY LINE TO THE SELECTOR     VALVE.3. THERE WAS A MIXTURE OF FUEL (100LL),     WATER, AND A YELLOW SUBSTANCE IN THE     ALTERNATE TANK (HOPPER) SUPPLY LINE.4. BOTH MAIN TANKS WERE 1/4 FULL.5. THE ALTERNATE (HOPPER) TANK HAD    APPROXIMATELY 35 GALLONS OF 100LL IN    IT. OF THAT ( 1.3 GALLONS ) WAS A YELLOW    MIXTURE OF FUEL, WATER, AND A YELLOW    SUBSTANCE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK.6. ACE-FSDO-03 HANDLED ISSUES WITH DFQR172D7. PILOT RECEIVED FORMAL COUNSELING

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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