19841004073679I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 120 · Evansville, IN · October 4, 1984

Date
October 4, 1984 · 17:15 local
Place
Evansville, IN
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4029N
Reported as
Cessna 120
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
651 total308 in this make and model10 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.

Pilot failed to switch to tank with fuel when engine lost power. Landed in a field.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FAILED TO SWITCH TO TANK WITH FUEL WHEN ENGINE LOST POWER. LANDED IN A FIELD.