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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna STC150 · Simsbury, CT · March 8, 1987

Date
March 8, 1987 · 14:20 local
Place
Simsbury, CT
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5927E
Reported as
Cessna STC150
Reported engine
Continental O200A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
200 total175 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 loss with off airport landing due to fuel contamination. Fuel samples contained water and rust like flakes.

As the FAA filed it

POWER LOSS WITH OFF AIRPORT LANDING DUE TO FUEL CONTAMINATION. FUEL SAMPLES CONTAINED WATER AND RUST LIKE FLAKES.