# Accident 19810407014789A: Boeing E75, Silver Springs, NV, April 7, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1981, 08:40 local time
- Place: Silver Springs, NV
- Airport: Lahathotn
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4155° N, 119.2246° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Silver Springs, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4155&lon=-119.2246&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1065N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING E75
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,622 total, 299 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DXQ15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DXQ15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810407014789A

## Narrative

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

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX81DXQ15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DXQ15), Apr 7, 1981: Boeing E75 (N1065N), Silver Springs, NV, destroyed

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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