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Incident

FAA incident report · Aronca 15AC · Maple Grove, MN · April 17, 1980

Date
April 17, 1980 · 12:30 local
Place
Maple Grove, MN
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N12464
Reported as
Aronca 15AC
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,300 total20 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 quit due to fuel starvation created by faulty fuel cell. Aircraft landed safely on highway.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL STARVATION CREATED BY FAULTY FUEL CELL. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY ON HIGHWAY.