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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Airpts A-9 · Lehi, UT · April 13, 1983

Date: April 13, 1983 · 13:00 local
Place: Lehi, UT
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3557G
Reported as: Airpts A9
Reported engine: Lycoming O540*
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 400 total250 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N3557GRegistration cancelled Oct 4, 2012 · Callair A-9S/N 1066 · Built 1964 Airframe modelCallair A-9 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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.

Emergency landing made when pilot failed to switch fuel tank and engine stopped. System found in normal condition.

As the FAA filed it

EMERGENCY LANDING MADE WHEN PILOT FAILED TO SWITCH FUEL TANK AND ENGINE STOPPED. SYSTEM FOUND IN NORMAL CONDITION.