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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A23 · Reedville, VA · April 27, 1981

Date: April 27, 1981 · 08:30 local
Place: Reedville, VA
Phase of flight: Forced Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8889M
Reported as: Beech A23
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,854 total250 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N8889MRegistered now · Beech A23S/N M-635 · Built 1964 Airframe modelBeech A23 Engine modelContinental IO-346 seriesReciprocating

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 due to fuel starvation from right tank. Wouldnt start after switching to full left tank.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL STARVATION FROM RIGHT TANK. WOULDNT START AFTER SWITCHING TO FULL LEFT TANK.