# Incident 19800916068689I: Rkwell 680W, Bowling Green, KY, September 16, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1980, 17:25 local time
- Place: Bowling Green, KY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9903° N, 86.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bowling Green, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9903&lon=-86.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N951HE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N951HE-2002-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 680W (registry code 0141716, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-680w) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch 331 SER 605HP (registry code 01502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-331-ser-605hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 680W
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800916068689I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FORCED LANDING AFTER FUEL EXHAUSTION. FUEL QUANTITY GAUGES FOUND UNRELIABLE.

## Other reports on N951HE (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790208005569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790208005569I), Feb 8, 1979: Rkwell 680W (N951HE), Springfield, TN, Minor damage. Pilot failed to land on center of cleared runway causing damage to landing gear.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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