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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180H · Ashford, AL · May 7, 1989

Date
May 7, 1989 · 11:00 local
Place
Ashford, AL
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4804C
Reported as
Cessna 180H
Reported engine
Continental O470R
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total2,000 in this make and model75 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.

Engine quit when pilot switched tanks. Landed in wheat field. Struck a ditch and flipped over.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT WHEN PILOT SWITCHED TANKS. LANDED IN WHEAT FIELD. STRUCK A DITCH AND FLIPPED OVER.