37.6391° N, 120.9969° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Modesto, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 17, 1982 · 18:30 local
Place
Modesto, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N253SK
Reported as
Cessna 180
Reported engine
Continental O470U
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total25 in this make and model100 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.
Pilot failed to adequately familiarize himself with this model airplane and exhausted his fuel supply.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT FAILED TO ADEQUATELY FAMILIARIZE HIMSELF WITH THIS MODEL AIRPLANE AND EXHAUSTED HIS FUEL SUPPLY.