# Incident 20110813019999I: Stinson 108-3, Rockwall, TX, August 13, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2011, 10:50 local time
- Place: Rockwall, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9181° N, 96.4381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockwall, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9181&lon=-96.4381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N625C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N625C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson 108-3 (registry code 9230408, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A4165 series (registry code 27025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a4165-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STINSON 108-3
- Reported engine: FRANKLIN 6A4165 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,930 total, 490 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110813019999I

## Narrative

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

ON CLIMBOUT FROM F46, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART ENGINE AND SET THE AIRCRAFT DOWN IN A PLOWED FIELD ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT.  PILOT STATED THEY SWITCHED TANK SELECTOR  DURING ENGINE RESTART ATTEMPT AND ENGINE FIRED MOMENTARILYPRIOR TO FAA ARRIVAL THE AIRCRAFT OWNER ADDED 5 GAL. AVGAS TO THE RT WING AND RESTARTED ENGINE. AFTER AIRCRAFT RELEASED BY FAA, AIRCRAFT OWNER TAXI'D AIRCRAFT UNDER ITS OWN POWER, BACK TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT, WITH HIGHWAY PATROL ESCORT. FAA INSPECTOR ASKED ESCORTING HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER IF ENGINE QUIT DURING TAXI OPERATIONS AND HE STATED IT DID NOT.ON INVESTIGATION, MECHANIC DRAINED 6 GALLONS OF AUTO FUEL FROM LEFT WING AND 4.5 GALLONS OF AVGAS FROM RIGHT WING. FUEL DRAINED FROM THE GASCOLATOR AND WING DRAINS. THE AIRCRAFT OPERATING HANDBOOK STATES TWO GALLONS OF FUEL IN EACH WING IS UNUSEABLE

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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