19790104000329A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Lear 25D · Abu Dhabi, TC · January 4, 1979

Date
January 4, 1979 · 15:15 local
Place
Abu Dhabi, TC
Airport
Abu Dhabi
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N51DE
Reported as
Lear 25D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.

Both engines failed due to fuel exhaustion while on base leg for landing. Acft landed short of runway. No injuries

As the FAA filed it

BOTH ENGINES FAILED DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION WHILE ON BASE LEG FOR LANDING. ACFT LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY. NO INJURIES