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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 206CESSNA · Shadyside, OH · January 7, 1980

Date
January 7, 1980 · 14:30 local
Place
Shadyside, OH
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5EA
Reported as
Cessna 206CESSNA
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total100 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.

Pilot checking fuel. Took off with one tank indicating empty. The other indicated one quarter. Ran out in flight

As the FAA filed it

PILOT CHECKING FUEL. TOOK OFF WITH ONE TANK INDICATING EMPTY. THE OTHER INDICATED ONE QUARTER. RAN OUT IN FLIGHT