# Incident 20220905015719I: Aeronca 65-C, Shreveport, LA, September 5, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2022, 12:30 local time
- Place: Shreveport, LA
- Airport: Shreveport Downtown
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5408° N, 93.7438° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHREVEPORT DOWNTOWN (DTN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5408&lon=-93.7438&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22173, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N22173) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 65-C (registry code 0190920, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-65-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 65-C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220905015719I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS MAKING INBOUND TURN FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 14 AT 1200 FEET WHEN HIS ENGINE SPUTTERED AND THEN STOPPED.  PILOT MANAGED TO RESTART ENGINE AND IT SPUTTERED AND STOPPED AGAIN.  PILOT MANAGED TO RESTART ENGINE AGAIN AND DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTINARY LANDING, UNDER POWER, IN A COTTON FIELD 3/4 OF A MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY 14.  NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR ITEMS ON THE GROUND.  MECHANIC FOUND A CIRCULAR PEACE OF CARDBOARD IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FUEL TANK WHICH BLOCKED THE FUEL INTAKE LINE.  WHEN ENGINE WOULD SHUT OFF, FUEL SUCTION WOULD QUIT ALSO ALLOWING THE AIRCRAFT TO RESTART.  AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES.

## Other reports on N22173 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20190626008009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190626008009A), Jun 26, 2019: Aeronca 65-C (N22173), Gilliam, LA, Substantial damage. Taxing after landing on a grass strip airman made a wide right turn and impacted a short , 4 foot, utility pole with the left wing

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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