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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtrwt TAILWINDW8 · Star Junction, PA · July 6, 1989

Date
July 6, 1989 · 23:15 local
Place
Star Junction, PA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N74890
Reported as
Amtrwt TAILWINDW8
Reported engine
Continental O200A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
516 total10 in this make and model16 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.

Fuel starvation near destination. On landing,hit trees. Non vented fuel cap on auxiliary rear tank. Expired manual.

As the FAA filed it

FUEL STARVATION NEAR DESTINATION. ON LANDING,HIT TREES.NON VENTED FUEL CAP ON AUXILIARY REAR TANK. EXPIRED MANUAL.