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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Scwzer G-164A · Opdyke, IL · September 18, 1985

Date
September 18, 1985 · 18:55 local
Place
Opdyke, IL
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4241
Reported as
Scwzer G164A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total2,000 in this make and model100 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.

Landed in field after fuel was exhausted. Pilot relied on fuel gauge which indicated fuel in tank.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED IN FIELD AFTER FUEL WAS EXHAUSTED. PILOT RELIED ON FUEL GAUGE WHICH INDICATED FUEL IN TANK.