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With low fuel and fading daylight; citabria pilot elects to land in a corn field with minimal damage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1040916 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201209 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Champion Citabria 7ECA |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 2800 Flight Crew Type 200 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue |
Narrative:
The decision was made to land in a corn filed as I was getting low on fuel and daylight.no injuries and only very minor damage to the aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: With low fuel and fading daylight; Citabria pilot elects to land in a corn field with minimal damage.
Narrative: The decision was made to land in a corn filed as I was getting low on fuel and daylight.No injuries and only very minor damage to the aircraft.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.