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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 95B55 · Marion, SC · August 4, 1985

Date
August 4, 1985 · 16:45 local
Place
Marion, SC
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N17726
Reported as
Beech 95B55
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,300 total250 in this make and model15 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.

Power off landing on highway due to fuel exhaustion. No damage. Pilot was 10 minutes into flight when engines quit.

As the FAA filed it

POWER OFF LANDING ON HIGHWAY DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. NO DAMAGE. PILOT WAS 10 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT WHEN ENGINES QUIT.