32.5160° N, 93.7321° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Bossier City, LA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 21, 1981 · 21:39 local
Place
Bossier City, LA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5279M
Reported as
Beech C24R
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1B6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
152 total33 in this make and model11 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 near destination. Landed in trees. Fuel was exhausted from higher than normal consumption.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE QUIT NEAR DESTINATION. LANDED IN TREES. FUEL WAS EXHAUSTED FROM HIGHER THAN NORMAL CONSUMPTION.