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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtrwr FW190 · Gustine, CA · July 12, 1979

Date
July 12, 1979 · 17:00 local
Place
Gustine, CA
Airport
Gustine
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N19TF
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX79FVA49
Reported as
Amtrwr FW190
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,178 total79 in this make and model94 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 testing homebuilt aircraft crashed during emergency landing after fuel exhaustion.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TESTING HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER 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.