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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 150 · Mineral Wells, TX · February 6, 1978

Date
February 6, 1978 · 14:10 local
Place
Mineral Wells, TX
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Aircraft
N5731G
Reported as
Cessna 150
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
416 total70 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot and instructor ran out of fuel. Took of with low fuel because only 100 octane was available.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR RAN OUT OF FUEL. TOOK OF WITH LOW FUEL BECAUSE ONLY 100 OCTANE WAS AVAILABLE.