What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
While performing air work, the aircraft engine began to studdered and quit. The pilot made and emergency landing in
A field approximately 3.5 miles east of the Pell City, AL (kplr) airport. Upon landing the aircraft struck a tree before coming to rest in the field. The pilot was performing touch and go landings on runway 21 at the st. clair county airport (kplr). After the third touch and go he departed the patern and proceeded to the training area south east of the airport to paractice manuevers. At approximatly 3.5 miles and 2500 ft the engine studdered and quit. The pilot attempted to land the aircaft in an open field across the road from a residence privacy data omitted. During the landing attempt the aircraft struck a tree with the right wing tip in the resedents front yard, collapsed the main landing gear after impact and came to rest across the road from the residence.
Post accident inspection found the fuel gauges were reading full while the fuel tanks were empty. The pilot was using the fuel totalizer rather than the fuel gauges due to not being able to calabrate the fuel quantity indicators to the multifuntion display.
As the FAA filed it
WHILE PERFORMING AIR WORK, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGAN TO STUDDERED AND QUIT. THE PILOT MADE AND EMERGENCY LANDING IN
A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 3.5 MILES EAST OF THE PELL CITY, AL (KPLR) AIRPORT. UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE BEFORE COMING TO REST IN THE FIELD.THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 21 AT THE ST. CLAIR COUNTY AIRPORT (KPLR). AFTER THE THIRD TOUCH AND GO HE DEPARTED THE PATERN AND PROCEEDED TO THE TRAINING AREA SOUTH EAST OF THE AIRPORT TO PARACTICE MANUEVERS. AT APPROXIMATLY 3.5 MILES AND 2500 FT THE ENGINE STUDDERED AND QUIT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE AIRCAFT IN AN OPEN FIELD ACROSS THE ROAD FROM A RESIDENCE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. DURING THE LANDING ATTEMPT THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE WITH THE RIGHT WING TIP IN THE RESEDENTS FRONT YARD, COLLAPSED THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AFTER IMPACT AND CAME TO REST ACROSS THE ROAD FROM THE RESIDENCE.
POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION FOUND THE FUEL GAUGES WERE READING FULL WHILE THE FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY. THE PILOT WAS USING THE FUEL TOTALIZER RATHER THAN THE FUEL GAUGES DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO CALABRATE THE FUEL QUANTITY INDICATORS TO THE MULTIFUNTION DISPLAY.
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