# Incident 19960918037749I: Amtrwt TAILWINDW8, Rio Vista, CA, September 18, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1996, 18:18 local time
- Place: Rio Vista, CA
- Airport: Rio Vista Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1934° N, 121.7036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIO VISTA MUNI (O88), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1934&lon=-121.7036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64855, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64855-1997-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Whittman Tailwind W-8 (registry code 9790232, https://openairdocs.org/model/whittman-tailwind-w-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRWT TAILWINDW8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 25 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960918037749I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT STATED HE HAD A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED HE TRIED TO REACH THE RIO VISTA, CA AIRPORT. HE WAS UNABLE TO REACH THE RUNWAY AND SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED IN A PLOWED FIELD ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. ON INSPECTION THE INVESTIGATING INSPECTOR FOUND THE SINGLE FUEL TANK EMPTY.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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