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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna T303 · Mesa, AZ · May 13, 1985

Date
May 13, 1985 · 19:43 local
Place
Mesa, AZ
Airport
Falcon
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4661V
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX85LA257
Reported as
Cessna T303
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520AE
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,665 total32 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Landed short of runway. Fuel exhaustion on 13 mile flight. Claimed low fuel lights did not work.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY. FUEL EXHAUSTION ON 13 MILE FLIGHT. CLAIMED LOW FUEL LIGHTS DID NOT WORK.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.