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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrru Variezelong · Roanoke Rapids, NC · May 4, 1985

Date
May 4, 1985 · 12:30 local
Place
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Airport
Halifax Co
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N575WA
Reported as
Amtrru Variezelong
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
113 total70 in this make and model19 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 switched tanks in pattern and engine quit. Unable to restart and landed short of runway due to traffic.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT SWITCHED TANKS IN PATTERN AND ENGINE QUIT. UNABLE TO RESTART AND LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY DUE TO TRAFFIC.

Other reports on N575WA · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.