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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna U206D · Lakeside, CA · August 15, 1983

Date
August 15, 1983 · 17:35 local
Place
Lakeside, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N71975
Reported as
Cessna U206D
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
911 total340 in this make and model137 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.

Ran out of fuel on short ferry flight. Landed safely in a dirt field.

As the FAA filed it

RAN OUT OF FUEL ON SHORT FERRY FLIGHT. LANDED SAFELY IN A DIRT FIELD.