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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aero Commander CALLAIR A-9A · Buchanan, VA · March 13, 2011

Date: March 13, 2011 · 13:45 local
Place: Buchanan, VA
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8415V
Reported as: Aero Commander Callair A-9A
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,528 total600 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

N8415VRegistration cancelled Feb 20, 2018 · Aero Commander CALLAIR A-9AS/N 1615 · Built 1971 Airframe modelAero Commander CALLAIR A-9A Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

The airman departed the glider port for a cross country flight to another airport to retrieve a glider that had been receiving maintenance. The airman did not refuel when he picked up the glider. The flight back to the glider port towing the glider was longer than the airman anticipated. After he released the glider to land at the glider port, he returned to the glider port to land. While on base leg, the engine failed from fuel exhaustion. The aircraft impacted the ground short of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRMAN DEPARTED THE GLIDER PORT FOR A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO ANOTHER AIRPORT TO RETRIEVE A GLIDER THAT HAD BEEN RECEIVING MAINTENANCE. THE AIRMAN DID NOT REFUEL WHEN HE PICKED UP THE GLIDER. THE FLIGHT BACK TO THE GLIDER PORT TOWING THE GLIDER WAS LONGER THAN THE AIRMAN ANTICIPATED. AFTER HE RELEASED THE GLIDER TO LAND AT THE GLIDER PORT, HE RETURNED TO THE GLIDER PORT TO LAND. WHILE ON BASE LEG, THE ENGINE FAILED FROM FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.