19830109004879I

Incident

FAA incident report · Amtrsn SKYBOLT · Yucaipa, CA · January 9, 1983

Date
January 9, 1983 · 16:00 local
Place
Yucaipa, CA
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N130BB
Reported as
Amtrsn Skybolt
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total11 in this make and model35 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.

Engine quit on en route descent. Landed in a field. Fuel gauge calibrated for level flight. Failed to show low fuel

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON EN ROUTE DESCENT. LANDED IN A FIELD. FUEL GAUGE CALIBRATED FOR LEVEL FLIGHT. FAILED TO SHOW LOW FUEL