19890415008019I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 401B · Vidalia, LA · April 15, 1989

Date
April 15, 1989 · 17:45 local
Place
Vidalia, LA
Airport
Concordia Parish Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N266EC
Reported as
Cessna 401B
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520E
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,850 total400 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.

Ran out of fuel while ferrying newly purchased aircraft to home base. Landed in a plowed bean field.

As the FAA filed it

RAN OUT OF FUEL WHILE FERRYING NEWLY PURCHASED AIRCRAFT TO HOME BASE. LANDED IN A PLOWED BEAN FIELD.