What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The airman stated he had filled each fuel tank at mccall Idaho and flew to johnson creek, Idaho. The next morning, flew throughout the Idaho backcountry landing at the different airports. Then the next morning he departed johnson creek back to red bluff, via Baker City, Oregon without refueling.
Less then 1/4 mile from the Baker City, Oregon airport, the pilot experienced an engine failure.
The airman informed the on scene FAA inspector he was attempting to stretch the glide to the airport, but was too short and attempted to land in the field 400 yards east of the airport off the approach end of runway 26. Upon touch down he encountered a ditch/rough ground, which caused substantial damage to the aircraft.
The airman confirmed the cause of the complete loss of power was due to fuel depletion.
Fuel tanks were drained. The left tank had less than 1 gallon of fuel. The right tanks had less than 5 gallons remaining. The fuel sector was on both at the time of the power failure.
As the FAA filed it
THE AIRMAN STATED HE HAD FILLED EACH FUEL TANK AT MCCALL IDAHO AND FLEW TO JOHNSON CREEK, IDAHO. THE NEXT MORNING, FLEW THROUGHOUT THE IDAHO BACKCOUNTRY LANDING AT THE DIFFERENT AIRPORTS. THEN THE NEXT MORNING HE DEPARTED JOHNSON CREEK BACK TO RED BLUFF, VIA BAKER CITY, OREGON WITHOUT REFUELING.
LESS THEN 1/4 MILE FROM THE BAKER CITY, OREGON AIRPORT, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE.
THE AIRMAN INFORMED THE ON SCENE FAA INSPECTOR HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STRETCH THE GLIDE TO THE AIRPORT, BUT WAS TOO SHORT AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN THE FIELD 400 YARDS EAST OF THE AIRPORT OFF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 26. UPON TOUCH DOWN HE ENCOUNTERED A DITCH/ROUGH GROUND, WHICH CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.
THE AIRMAN CONFIRMED THE CAUSE OF THE COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER WAS DUE TO FUEL DEPLETION.
FUEL TANKS WERE DRAINED. THE LEFT TANK HAD LESS THAN 1 GALLON OF FUEL. THE RIGHT TANKS HAD LESS THAN 5 GALLONS REMAINING. THE FUEL SECTOR WAS ON BOTH AT THE TIME OF THE POWER FAILURE.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.