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Incident

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7KCAB · Otisville, MI · July 24, 1983

Date
July 24, 1983 · 19:30 local
Place
Otisville, MI
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N53820
Reported as
Bbavia 7KCAB
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total475 in this make and model30 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 en route. Landed in a soybean field. A bug had plugged the fuel tank vent, caused fuel starvation.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT EN ROUTE. LANDED IN A SOYBEAN FIELD. A BUG HAD PLUGGED THE FUEL TANK VENT, CAUSED FUEL STARVATION.