# Incident 20110511011859I: Ercoupe 415-CD, London, KY, May 11, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2011, 19:35 local time
- Place: London, KY
- Airport: London-Corbin Airport-Magee Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0869° N, 84.0774° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONDON/CORBIN/MAGEE (LOZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0869&lon=-84.0774&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94654, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94654) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ercoupe 415-CD (registry code 0420324, https://openairdocs.org/model/ercoupe-415-cd) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C75 series (registry code 17005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ERCOUPE 415-CD
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C75 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 49 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110511011859I

## Narrative

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

05-11-2011, 1935 HOURS EDT, N94654, DURING CLIMB FOLLOWING TAKE OFF FROM LONDON, KY (LOZ), ENGINE QUIT AT 1000 FT AGL.  AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING WAS MADE.   THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD AND WAS NOT INJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE.  POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE FUSELAGE FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY, DUE TO THE WING FUEL TANK SHUT OFF VALVE BEING IN THE CLOSED POSITION.  THE OPERATION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM AND THE ENGINE CHECKED OK.  INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE PILOT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM OF THIS AIRCRAFT IS CONFUSING, AND AN FAA SAFETY RECOMMENDATION IS PLANNED.  COUNSELING OF THE PILOT AND OF THE AIRCRAFT OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT FUEL SYSTEM IS ALSO PLANNED.

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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