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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Boeing E75 · Silver Springs, NV · April 7, 1981

Date
April 7, 1981 · 08:40 local
Place
Silver Springs, NV
Airport
Lahathotn
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1065N
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81DXQ15
Reported as
Boeing E75
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,622 total299 in this make and model26 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.

Bird struck fuel sight gauge on top of fuselage. Emergency landed private strip. Fuel leak caused fire on ground.

As the FAA filed it

BIRD STRUCK FUEL SIGHT GAUGE ON TOP OF FUSELAGE. EMERGENCY LANDED PRIVATE STRIP.FUEL LEAK CAUSED FIRE ON GROUND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.