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.
Airman failed to switch tanks from left to right. Left tank was completely empty, right tank was approximately half full. Aircraft engine quit about 1/2 mile from rwy 36C and landed accross the street of airport perimeter fence.
As the FAA filed it
AIRMAN FAILED TO SWITCH TANKS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. LEFT TANK WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY, RIGHT TANK WAS APPROXIMATELY HALF FULL. AIRCRAFT ENGINE QUIT ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM RWY 36C AND LANDED ACCROSS THE STREET OF AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE.
Other reports on N21YF · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.