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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna T337B · Torrance, CA · December 30, 1978

Date
December 30, 1978 · 13:42 local
Place
Torrance, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N2398S
Reported as
Cessna T337B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total115 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 assumed tanks to be full. Did not check. One engine quit on takeoff due to fuel starvation.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ASSUMED TANKS TO BE FULL. DID NOT CHECK. ONE ENGINE QUIT ON TAKEOFF DUE TO FUEL STARVATION.