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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 150 · Fresno, CA · June 5, 1987

Date: June 5, 1987 · 11:40 local
Place: Fresno, CA
Phase of flight: Forced Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N6580T
Reported as: Cessna 150
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 240 total100 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N6580TRegistered now · Cessna 150S/N 17980 · Built 1960 Airframe modelCessna 150 Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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.

The engine failed during descent. The aircraft safely landed off airport. Suspect fuel system blocked by gasket.

As the FAA filed it

THE ENGINE FAILED DURING DESCENT. THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY LANDED OFF AIRPORT. SUSPECT FUEL SYSTEM BLOCKED BY GASKET.