27.9475° N, 82.4584° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Tampa, FL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 6, 1981 · 06:46 local
Place
Tampa, FL
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAAA
Aircraft
N63NA
Reported as
Doug DC1010
People aboard
148
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
26,822 total2,146 in this make and model140 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.
Aircraft forced to land due to fuel exhaustion. Flight and ground crews failed to determine fuel on board.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT FORCED TO LAND DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. FLIGHT AND GROUND CREWS FAILED TO DETERMINE FUEL ON BOARD.