# Incident 20120421006779I: Burt Glenn B III SOPWITH PUP (L R T), Wausau, WI, April 21, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2012, 11:30 local time
- Place: Wausau, WI
- Airport: Wausau Downtown Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9263° N, 89.6270° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WAUSAU DOWNTOWN (AUW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9263&lon=-89.6270&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6184, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6184) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Burt Glenn B III SOPWITH PUP (L R T) (registry code 056291Z, https://openairdocs.org/model/burt-glenn-b-iii-sopwith-pup-l-r-t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BURT GLENN B III SOPWITH PUP (L R T)
- Reported engine: ROTEC R-2800
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 16 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120421006779I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ON APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 12, THE ENGINE QUIT, DO TO FUEL EXHAUSTION IN THE FORWARD TANK. THIS TANK SUPPLIES FUEL TO THE ENGINE.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD FUEL IN THE AFT TANK BUT HE HAD LET THE FORWARD TANK FUEL QUANTITY GET TOO LOW.  HE TRIED TO TRANSFER FUEL BY GRAVITY, BUT IT WOULD NOT TRANSFER TO THE FORWARD TANK AT A FAST ENOUGH RATE TO KEEP ENGINE RUNNING.   THE FUEL SYSTEM IS EQUIPPED WITH AN ELECTRIC FUEL TRANSFER PUMP, HOWEVER, THE PILOT NEVER TURNED IT ON.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN LAKE WAUSAU, SUSTAINING ONLY MINOR DAMAGE.

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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