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.
Narrative: pilot departed sacramento, CA (sac) enroute to reno, NV (rno) when over the Auburn airport, CA (aun) the engine quit. The pilot landed at the Auburn airport but failed to select the landing gear down and landed gear up. This caused minor damage to the airplane. The cause of the engine failure was fuel exhaustion.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: PILOT DEPARTED SACRAMENTO, CA (SAC) ENROUTE TO RENO, NV (RNO) WHEN OVER THE AUBURN AIRPORT, CA (AUN) THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT LANDED AT THE AUBURN AIRPORT BUT FAILED TO SELECT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LANDED GEAR UP. THIS CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE. THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS FUEL EXHAUSTION.
Other reports on N5246P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.