# Incident 20130525008069I: Cessna 180K, Silver City, NM, May 25, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2013, 10:20 local time
- Place: Silver City, NM
- Airport: Grant County
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6365° N, 108.1564° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRANT COUNTY (SVC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6365&lon=-108.1564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66597, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66597) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180K (registry code 2072624, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130525008069I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LRU FOR SVC, PILOT STATED REASON WAS TO OBTAIN FUEL.  PILOT STATED FUEL QTY GAUGE INDICATION AND FUEL QTY INDICATION FROM INSTALLED FUEL TOTALIZER LED PILOT TO BELIEVE HE HAD ADEQUATE FUEL FOR THE INTENDED FLIGHT.

DURING CRUISE PHASE OF FLIGHT ENGINE LOST POWER ENROUTE TO SVC, PILOT THOUGHT ENGINE HAD SUFFERED AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.

PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED ON A DIRT ROAD 7.2 MILES SE OF THE SVC AIRPORT.  UPON INVESTIGATION OF PROBLEM ON THE GROUND DETERMINED FUEL STARVATION HAD OCCURRED.

DUE TO GROUND CONDITIONS PILOT DETERMINED IT WAS UNSAFE TO ATTEMPT A TAKE OFF AFTER REFUELING AND CONTACTED  REPAIR STATION VL1R IN ELP TO RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT.

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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