43.1548° N, 77.6156° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 9, 1981 · 16:00 local
Place
Rochester, NY
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N871JA
Reported as
Bnorm BN2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,100 total9 in this make and model9 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.
Za fuel exhaustion enroute. Landed in a farm field. Pilot unskilled in type was unknowledgable of fuel range.
As the FAA filed it
ZA FUEL EXHAUSTION ENROUTE. LANDED IN A FARM FIELD. PILOT UNSKILLED IN TYPE WAS UNKNOWLEDGABLE OF FUEL RANGE.