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Incident

FAA incident report · Bbavia 8GCBC · Longbeach, CA · April 16, 1999

Date
April 16, 1999 · 19:00 local
Place
Longbeach, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N625AP
Reported as
Bbavia 8GCBC
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,030 total19 in this make and model58 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.

The aircraft experienced a complete loss of engine power during cruise flight, while towing a banner, due to fuel starvation. The aircraft was landed on an open area of a beach without engine power. The pilot released the banner prior to landing. No aircraft damage was sustained as a result of the forced landing.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, WHILE TOWING A BANNER, DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED ON AN OPEN AREA OF A BEACH WITHOUT ENGINE POWER. THE PILOT RELEASED THE BANNER PRIOR TO LANDING. NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED AS A RESULT OF THE FORCED LANDING.