19791022054789I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mclish B85C · Ventura, CA · October 22, 1979

Date
October 22, 1979 · 13:30 local
Place
Ventura, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1623N
Reported as
Mclish B85C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
230 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.

Engine stopped due to fuel starvation. Newly installed fuel cap was not vented.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE STOPPED DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. NEWLY INSTALLED FUEL CAP WAS NOT VENTED.