# Incident 20250204002089I: Cessna 170B, Shelbyville, TX, February 4, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2025, 18:10 local time
- Place: Shelbyville, TX
- Airport: Center Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8316° N, 94.1564° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTER MUNI (F17), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8316&lon=-94.1564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2345V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2345V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250204002089I

## Narrative

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

DURING A FERRY FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR PILOT FAILED TO PROPERLY CALCULATED FUEL BURN RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT RUNNING OUT OF FUEL SHORT OF THEIR FINAL DESTINATION. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER AND LOSE POWER THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT CONDUCTED AN OFFSITE LANDING IN A FIELD WITH NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.  THE PIC/INSTRUCTOR CONTACTED A FRIEND WHO IS AN A&P AND ASKED IF THEY COULD REFUEL THE AIRCRAFT WITH AUTOMOTIVE GASOLINE.  THEY AGREED THAT THE AIRCRAFT COULD BE REFUELED USING AUTOMOTIVE GAS AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS REFUELED. HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE AN STC FOR AUTO GAS. HE STATED HE COMPLETED A RUNUP AND ATTEMPT TO TAKEOFF.  THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO BECOME AIRBORNE, AND THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED.  HE REPOSITIONED THE AIRCRAFT TO A ROAD ON ANOTHER PART OF THE FIELD AND ATTEMPTED A SECOND TAKEOFF.  AGAIN, THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO BECOME AIRBORNE. THE TAKE OFF WAS ABORTED, HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED DOWN A HILL WHERE THE RIGHT-WING TIP AND PROPELLOR IMPACTED THE GROUND.  ON BOTH TAKE-OFF ATTEMPTS HE HAD A PASSENGER ON 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.