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Incident

FAA incident report · Univar A2ALON · Avalon, CA · September 13, 1981

Date
September 13, 1981 · 16:30 local
Place
Avalon, CA
Airport
Santa Catalina Is
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N6596Q
Reported as
Univar A2ALON
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total10 in this make and model250 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 zg suspected fuel leak, returned, no fuel leak. Cork type visual indicator stuck, then dropped suddenly.

As the FAA filed it

ZA ZG SUSPECTED FUEL LEAK, RETURNED, NO FUEL LEAK. CORK TYPE VISUAL INDICATOR STUCK, THEN DROPPED SUDDENLY.