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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Blaine, MN · September 4, 1978

Date
September 4, 1978 · 20:20 local
Place
Blaine, MN
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N25338
Reported as
Cessna 152
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
80 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.

Forced landing after fuel exhaustion. Right fuel gauge inaccurate.

As the FAA filed it

FORCED LANDING AFTER FUEL EXHAUSTION. RIGHT FUEL GAUGE INACCURATE.