19881123066949I

Incident

FAA incident report · Beech E-55 · Gainesville, FL · November 23, 1988

Date
November 23, 1988 · 18:03 local
Place
Gainesville, FL
Airport
Gainesville Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N9031Q
Reported as
Beech E55
Reported engine
Continental IO520CB
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total2,500 in this make and model25 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.

Given holding instruction by ATC. Pilot declared emergency due to low fuel. Landed ahead of other aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

GIVEN HOLDING INSTRUCTION BY ATC. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY DUE TO LOW FUEL. LANDED AHEAD OF OTHER AIRCRAFT.