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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A23-24 · Wendover, UT · February 11, 1988

Date
February 11, 1988 · 15:30 local
Place
Wendover, UT
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5079T
Reported as
Beech A2324
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Engine failed due to fuel exhaustion. Forced landing on a highway. Wing tip hit metal mile markers.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILED DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. FORCED LANDING ON A HIGHWAY. WING TIP HIT METAL MILE MARKERS.