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Incident

FAA incident report · Lear 25D · Pontiac, MI · February 12, 1989

Date
February 12, 1989 · 17:30 local
Place
Pontiac, MI
Airport
Oakland-Pontiac
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N911EM
Reported as
Lear 25D
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,000 total1,500 in this make and model100 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.

Declared fuel emergency. Pilot stated had not been briefed to expect delay. Had 45 minutes of fuel left on landing.

As the FAA filed it

DECLARED FUEL EMERGENCY. PILOT STATED HAD NOT BEEN BRIEFED TO EXPECT DELAY. HAD 45 MINUTES OF FUEL LEFT ON LANDING.