19791002051189I

Incident

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Lancaster, CA · October 2, 1979

Date
October 2, 1979 · 12:00 local
Place
Lancaster, CA
Airport
William J. Fox
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N17628
Reported as
Beech A36
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total700 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.

Engine lost power on short final, airplane landed on taxiway. Sediment found in the fuel system, no other problem.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER ON SHORT FINAL, AIRPLANE LANDED ON TAXIWAY. SEDIMENT FOUND IN THE FUEL SYSTEM, NO OTHER PROBLEM.