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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 95-B55 · Blythe, CA · November 2, 1987

Date
November 2, 1987 · 16:00 local
Place
Blythe, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5YB
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX503
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total500 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.

Lost engine power. Forced landing on highway. Found loose fuel line to carburator. Lost all fuel.

As the FAA filed it

LOST ENGINE POWER. FORCED LANDING ON HIGHWAY. FOUND LOOSE FUEL LINE TO CARBURATOR. LOST ALL FUEL.

Other reports on N5YB · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.