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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Airtrc AT301 · New Cuyama, CA · August 15, 1989

Date
August 15, 1989 · 11:30 local
Place
New Cuyama, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
MEEG
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4324S
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX89DUQ04
Reported as
Airtrc AT301
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340AN1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,000 total3,000 in this make and model150 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. Stalled trying to make forced landing. Beleived to be fuel exhaustion.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT. STALLED TRYING TO MAKE FORCED LANDING. BELEIVED TO BE FUEL EXHAUSTION.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.