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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna T-41B · Simpsonville, KY · February 28, 1988

Date
February 28, 1988 · 14:12 local
Place
Simpsonville, KY
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N78WP
Reported as
Cessna T41B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,812 total1,272 in this make and model19 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.

Fuel exhaustion. Forced landing in a field. Faulty fuel gage. Pilot failed to check fuel visually.

As the FAA filed it

FUEL EXHAUSTION. FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD. FAULTY FUEL GAGE. PILOT FAILED TO CHECK FUEL VISUALLY.

Other reports on N78WP · 1

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