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Incident

FAA incident report · Bbavia 8KCAB · Paul, ID · September 16, 2002

Date
September 16, 2002 · 16:00 local
Place
Paul, ID
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N2999Z
Reported as
Bbavia 8KCAB
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total270 in this make and model80 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.

(-23) The pilot miscalculated fuel load and range on the cross-country flight from California to Idaho. The situation became worse when the pilot became lost and disoriented. The aircraft lost power due to fuel starvation and landed in a farmers field.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT MISCALCULATED FUEL LOAD AND RANGE ON THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM CALIFORNIA TO IDAHO. THE SITUATION BECAME WORSE WHEN THE PILOT BECAME LOST AND DISORIENTED. THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER DUE TO FUEL STARVATION AND LANDED IN A FARMERS FIELD.