# Accident 19880317071279A: Dorner DO27A4, Bakersfield, CA, March 17, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1988, 13:10 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Meadows Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4339° N, 119.0577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEADOWS FLD (BFL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4339&lon=-119.0577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N772AX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N772AX-2012-09-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dornier DO 27 (registry code 2990601, https://openairdocs.org/model/dornier-do-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series (registry code 41529, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-gso-igso-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DORNER DO27A4
- Reported engine: LYC IGSO480A1E6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,583 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX88FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880317071279A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

RAN OUT OF FUEL AND CRASHED TURNING FINAL FOR LANDING. NO BIENNIAL CHECK AND NOT CONSIDERED PROFICIENT IN TYPE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX88FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA130), Mar 17, 1988: Dornier DO-24 (N772AX), Oildale, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: PILOT'S IMPROPER FUEL CONSUMPTION CALCULATIONS AND HIS FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE THE MIXTURE CONTROL.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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