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Incident

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7AC · Denver, CO · February 28, 1988

Date
February 28, 1988 · 17:04 local
Place
Denver, CO
Airport
Centennial Airport
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N81780
Reported as
Bbavia 7AC
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,610 total180 in this make and model4 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.

Engine quit on approach to airport. Landed in an open field. Pilot had fuel exhaustion problem.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON APPROACH TO AIRPORT. LANDED IN AN OPEN FIELD. PILOT HAD FUEL EXHAUSTION PROBLEM.