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Incident

FAA incident report · Fomoco 5-AT-C · Las Vegas, NV · February 23, 1980

Date
February 23, 1980 · 14:35 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
SCIA
Aircraft
N414H
Reported as
Fomoco 5ATC
People aboard
14
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,500 total350 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.

Right engine failed, then center engine. Water found in fuel tanks.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT ENGINE FAILED, THEN CENTER ENGINE. WATER FOUND IN FUEL TANKS.