# Incident 19850502056519I: Bnorm BN2A27, Miami, FL, May 2, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1985, 04:50 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MERA
- Location: 25.8076° N, 80.3193° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.8076&lon=-80.3193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48VM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BNORM BN2A27
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,005 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA85IA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85IA161) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850502056519I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

RAN OUT OF FUEL NEAR DESTINATION AIRPORT. POOR PREFLIGHT PLANNING ACCORDING TO PILOT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA85IA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85IA161), May 2, 1985: Britten-Norman BN-2A-27 (N48VM), Miami, FL, incident, minor damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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