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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tmpson NAVION · Merritt Island, FL · August 26, 1983

Date
August 26, 1983 · 18:02 local
Place
Merritt Island, FL
Airport
Merritt Island
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4045K
Reported as
Tmpson NAVION*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,650 total358 in this make and model118 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 in pattern. Made hard landing. Found a ruptured fuel line.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT IN PATTERN. MADE HARD LANDING. FOUND A RUPTURED FUEL LINE.