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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tmpson Naviona · Corona, CA · May 6, 1985

Date
May 6, 1985 · 17:00 local
Place
Corona, CA
Airport
Corona
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4152K
Reported as
Tmpson Naviona
Reported engine
Continental E1859
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total130 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.

Engine quit, switched tanks tried restart but too close to ground. Wing damage. Fuel selector installed backwards.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT, SWITCHED TANKS TRIED RESTART BUT TOO CLOSE TO GROUND. WING DAMAGE. FUEL SELECTOR INSTALLED BACKWARDS.