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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Univar 108-1 · Tucson, AZ · December 31, 1990

Date
December 31, 1990 · 16:45 local
Place
Tucson, AZ
Airport
La Cholla Airpark Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8909K
Reported as
Univar 1081
Reported engine
Lycoming O435
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
750 total350 in this make and model6 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 on climb. Returned and landed short of runway. Fuel selector handle installed in wrong position.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMB. RETURNED AND LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY. FUEL SELECTOR HANDLE INSTALLED IN WRONG POSITION.