# Incident 20220831008459I: Britten-Norman BN-2A-20, Hat Creek, ID, August 31, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2022, 08:38 local time
- Place: Hat Creek, ID
- Airport: Hat Creek
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GAJA
- Aircraft: N4438, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4438) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Britten-Norman BN-2A-20 (registry code 1520220, https://openairdocs.org/model/britten-norman-bn-2a-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BRITTEN-NORMAN BN-2A-20
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,599 total, 387 in this make and model, 273 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220831008459I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD REFUELED THE AIRCRAFT (N4438) THE EVENING PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT (8/30/2022) IN SALMON, ID (SMN) AND THEN FLEW IT THAT EVENING ON A FAR 135 FLIGHT TO BOISE, ID. (BOI) WHERE HE OVERNIGHTED. NO FUEL WAS ADDED WHILE IN BOI.

THE FOLLOWING MORNING (8/31/2022) HE DEPARTED BOI WITH 6 PASSENGERS ON A FAR 135 FLIGHT WITH AN  INTENDED DESTINATION OF HIS HOME BASE OF SALMON, ID.

WHEN THE FLIGHT WAS APPROXIMATELY 25NM SW OF SMN THE RIGHT ENGINE CEASED OPERATION DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.  SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE LEFT ENGINE BEGAN TO SURGE DUE TO PENDING FUEL EXHAUSTION.

AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESCENDING, THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER TO LAND ON A PRIVATE 900' GRASS AIRSTRIP NEAR HAT CREEK, ID.  NO INJURIES OR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REPORTED.

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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