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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Interplane SKYBOY · Mohave Valley, AZ · February 24, 2012

Date: February 24, 2012 · 17:35 local
Place: Mohave Valley, AZ
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N821S
Reported as: Interplane Skyboy
Reported engine: ROTAX 912S
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N821SRegistration cancelled Feb 23, 2018 · Interplane SKYBOYS/N 23/2001 · Built 2001 Airframe modelInterplane SKYBOY Engine modelRotax 912S series4 cycle

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What happened

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

Pilot departed from the eagle airpark in Mohave Valley, Arizona, for a two hour VFR flight. He was the sole occupant of the aircraft. Approximately 1.5 hours later the aircraft appeared to have ran out of fuel approximately two miles south of the eagle airpark, as he was in the process of initiating a final approach to land. The pilot landed in a desert area and upon landing the left main wheel and nose struck a rock and sustained minor damage. The pilot was not injured. The pilot estimated the damage to be less than five hundred dollars to repair. The pilot stated that he had visually inspected the fuel tank prior to the flight and had confirmed that it was full. He believed that the full tank should have provided at least three hours of operation. There is no visual means of indicating fuel level when the aircarft is in operation.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED FROM THE EAGLE AIRPARK IN MOHAVE VALLEY, ARIZONA, FOR A TWO HOUR VFR FLIGHT. HE WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT.APPROXIMATELY 1.5 HOURS LATER THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO HAVE RAN OUT OF FUEL APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES SOUTH OF THE EAGLE AIRPARK, AS HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INITIATING A FINAL APPROACH TO LAND.THE PILOT LANDED IN A DESERT AREA AND UPON LANDING THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL AND NOSE STRUCK A ROCK AND SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT ESTIMATED THE DAMAGE TO BE LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO REPAIR.THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD VISUALLY INSPECTED THE FUEL TANK PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT AND HAD CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS FULL. HE BELIEVED THAT THE FULL TANK SHOULD HAVE PROVIDED AT LEAST THREE HOURS OF OPERATION.THERE IS NO VISUAL MEANS OF INDICATING FUEL LEVEL WHEN THE AIRCARFT IS IN OPERATION.