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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A45 · Santa Nella, CA · July 14, 1979

Date
July 14, 1979 · 11:17 local
Place
Santa Nella, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N110FA
Reported as
Beech A45
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,900 total170 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.

Ran out of gas on left tank and failed to switch to full tank.

As the FAA filed it

RAN OUT OF GAS ON LEFT TANK AND FAILED TO SWITCH TO FULL TANK.