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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 550 · Wichita, KS · February 12, 1980

Date
February 12, 1980 · 13:47 local
Place
Wichita, KS
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N550CC
Reported as
Cessna 550
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,750 total2,100 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 mismanaged fuel and had to make a forced landing on an interstate highway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MISMANAGED FUEL AND HAD TO MAKE A FORCED LANDING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY.