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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7ECA · Milesburg, PA · July 7, 1988

Date
July 7, 1988 · 20:15 local
Place
Milesburg, PA
Airport
University Park
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6305N
Reported as
Bbavia 7ECA
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
390 total260 in this make and model15 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.

Forced landing in a field due to fuel exhaustion. Pilot became lost and was unable to locate airport.

As the FAA filed it

FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. PILOT BECAME LOST AND WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE AIRPORT.