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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 421B · Kersey, CO · August 29, 1982

Date
August 29, 1982 · 20:30 local
Place
Kersey, CO
Airport
Weld Co
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
CGDAL
Reported as
Cessna 421B
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520H
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,400 total3,000 in this make and model60 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.

Low on fuel diverted to nearest airport. Landed on a highway when fuel exhaustion occurred. Left fuel gauge failed.

As the FAA filed it

LOW ON FUEL DIVERTED TO NEAREST AIRPORT. LANDED ON A HIGHWAY WHEN FUEL EXHAUSTION OCCURRED. LEFT FUEL GAUGE FAILED.