40.7594° N, 80.3226° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaver Falls, PA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 3, 1988 · 15:30 local
Place
Beaver Falls, PA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
LDFM
Reported as
WDL WDL1
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,800 total1,800 in this make and model64 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.
Left engine quit. Landed airship in a open field. Found fuel contamination.
As the FAA filed it
LEFT ENGINE QUIT. LANDED AIRSHIP IN A OPEN FIELD. FOUND FUEL CONTAMINATION.