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) During cruise flight, the pilot switched fuel tanks as part of routine fuel management, the engine continued to run normally. The engine began to run rough, the pilot turned the boost pump on and switched back to the previous tank. The engine continued to run rough, the pilot elected to land at the nearest airport. The pilot landed approximately twenty feet short of the runway, the nose gear was damaged after striking a threshold light, the main gear damaged after hitting the threshold.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE PILOT SWITCHED FUEL TANKS AS PART OF ROUTINE FUEL MANAGEMENT, THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN NORMALLY. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH, THE PILOT TURNED THE BOOST PUMP ON AND SWITCHED BACK TO THE PREVIOUS TANK. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN ROUGH, THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND AT THE NEAREST AIRPORT. THE PILOT LANDED APPROXIMATELY TWENTY FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE GEAR WAS DAMAGED AFTER STRIKING A THRESHOLD LIGHT, THE MAIN GEAR DAMAGED AFTER HITTING THE THRESHOLD.
Other reports on N654RA · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.