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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech A45 · Tracy, CA · October 28, 1984

Date: October 28, 1984 · 14:50 local
Place: Tracy, CA
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N5070K
Reported as: Beech A45
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,100 total500 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N5070KRegistered now · Beech A45S/N G-65 Airframe modelBeech A45 Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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.

Shortly after pilot switched tanks the engine quit. Fuel selector shaft broken.

As the FAA filed it

SHORTLY AFTER PILOT SWITCHED TANKS THE ENGINE QUIT. FUEL SELECTOR SHAFT BROKEN.