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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 414 · Tulia, TX · November 24, 1983

Date
November 24, 1983 · 02:30 local
Place
Tulia, TX
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1613T
Reported as
Cessna 414
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total75 in this make and model75 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.

Both engines quit on descent. Landed gear up in a wheat field. Fuel tanks depleted of useable fuel.

As the FAA filed it

BOTH ENGINES QUIT ON DESCENT. LANDED GEAR UP IN A WHEAT FIELD. FUEL TANKS DEPLETED OF USEABLE FUEL.