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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Scwzer G-164 · Biggs, CA · June 9, 1985

Date
June 9, 1985 · 10:00 local
Place
Biggs, CA
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N363Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX85LA270
Reported as
Scwzer G164
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985AN1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
16,500 total16,002 in this make and model120 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.

Fuel exhaustion shortly after lift off. Fuel gauge gave a false reading and fuel not visually inspected on preflight

As the FAA filed it

FUEL EXHAUSTION SHORTLY AFTER LIFT OFF.FUEL GAUGE GAVE A FALSE READING AND FUEL NOT VISUALLY INSPECTED ON PREFLIGHT

NTSB investigation

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