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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna T310R · Anchorage, AK · April 27, 1980

Date
April 27, 1980 · 14:15 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Merrill
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5135J
Reported as
Cessna T310R
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,300 total620 in this make and model36 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 & engine quit on final approach. Aircraft crashed short of runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MISMANAGED FUEL & ENGINE QUIT ON FINAL APPROACH. AIRCRAFT CRASHED SHORT OF RUNWAY.