39.1295° N, 75.4660° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at DOVER AFB (DOV), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
August 5, 1978 · 06:47 local
Place
Georgetown, DE
Airport
Dover Afb
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N21350
Reported as
Cessna 182
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
650 total200 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 made unscheduled landing due to inaccurate fuel gauge.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT MADE UNSCHEDULED LANDING DUE TO INACCURATE FUEL GAUGE.