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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Huntington, WV · June 14, 1991

Date: June 14, 1991 · 10:49 local
Place: Huntington, WV
Airport: Tri State - Walker-Long Field
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5285V
Reported as: Cessna 172RG
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 235 total50 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N5285VRegistered now · Cessna 172RGS/N 172RG0495 · Built 1980 Airframe modelCessna 172RG Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Radio failing. Fuel gauges showed empty. Landed at airport gear up. Pilot thought he had electrical failure.

As the FAA filed it

RADIO FAILING. FUEL GAUGES SHOWED EMPTY. LANDED AT AIRPORT GEAR UP. PILOT THOUGHT HE HAD ELECTRICAL FAILURE.