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Old 07-20-2006 | 09:06 PM
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what would the FAA most likely do to someone who runs out of fuel and has an off-airport landing where no one was hurt and no aircraft damage done either? AND this pilot has a clean record...
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Old 07-20-2006 | 09:48 PM
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As long as there was no significant damage, they should just label it as an incident. I had a date with a ditch and a perfectly good 172RG years ago, labeled an incident, and still got hired.
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Old 07-21-2006 | 05:25 AM
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Why would the FAA even need to be involved? Did you land in a soccer field or something?

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Old 07-21-2006 | 09:11 AM
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There's something about fuel reserves when running out of fuel if I seem to remember correctly...
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Old 07-21-2006 | 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by supersix-4
what would the FAA most likely do to someone who runs out of fuel and has an off-airport landing where no one was hurt and no aircraft damage done either? AND this pilot has a clean record...
It depends on the reason that the plane ran out of fuel. If it was because of improper fuel planning, they could cite the pilot for breaking FAR 91.103 and/or 91.151. However, if it was something else, say, unforecast weather that forced the pilot to get lost, and then they ran out of fuel, they probably wouldn't do anything. Don't quote me on this, as I havn't taken an aviation law class yet, but I think that in cases like this the NTSB and FAA look at why the plane ran out of fuel, and whether it was the pilots fault.
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Old 07-21-2006 | 03:42 PM
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I'm just curious, read about a guy landing on a dirt road. makes me wonder what the FAA would do to you..actually I remember it happening a couple of times not too long ago...
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Old 07-21-2006 | 09:39 PM
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Why would the FAA even need to be involved? Did you land in a soccer field or something?
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The penalty for landing in a soccer field is a head-butt.
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Old 07-21-2006 | 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by tomgoodman
The penalty for landing in a soccer field is a head-butt.

Hehe... good one, Tom!!
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Old 07-22-2006 | 05:15 AM
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Pilot to the FAA: I have no clue why I didn't make it the my destination... when I left, I had plenty of fuel... Perhaps the fuel cap wasn't seated properly and siphoned everything overboard...
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