41.6586° N, 90.0813° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Erie, IL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 31, 1978 · 09:40 local
Place
Erie, IL
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N7WC
Reported as
Amtrru Varieze
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,879 total102 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 flew into deteriorating weather and had difficulty finding an airport. Ran out of fuel, landed on road.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT FLEW INTO DETERIORATING WEATHER AND HAD DIFFICULTY FINDING AN AIRPORT. RAN OUT OF FUEL, LANDED ON ROAD.