# Incident 19780317013549I: Bnorm BN2, Tallahassee, FL, March 17, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1978, 19:21 local time
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4383° N, 84.2807° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tallahassee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4383&lon=-84.2807&mi=10
- Aircraft: N866JA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N866JA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Britten-Norman BN-2A (registry code 1520204, https://openairdocs.org/model/britten-norman-bn-2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BNORM BN2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 3 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780317013549I

## Narrative

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

PILOT OUT OF FUEL. LANDED ON HIGHWAY.

## Other reports on N866JA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20211113017919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211113017919A), Nov 13, 2021: Britten-Norman BN-2A (N866JA), Beaver Island, MI, Substantial damage, 4 fatal. On November 13, 2021, at 1349 eastern standard time, a Britten Norman BN-2A airplane, N866JA, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident on…

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.

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