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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Rkwell 114 · Billings, OK · March 11, 1979

Date
March 11, 1979 · 18:00 local
Place
Billings, OK
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4740W
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW79FPJ07
Reported as
Rkwell 114
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total35 in this make and model35 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 landed for fuel. No fuel available. Pilot took off for another airport. Engine failed due to fuel exhaustion.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED FOR FUEL. NO FUEL AVAILABLE. PILOT TOOK OFF FOR ANOTHER AIRPORT. ENGINE FAILED DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.