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FTW87FA168

1987-07-13 · JENKS, Oklahoma, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport RVS

N1976T has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-5B), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

ALTHOUGH IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION, THE EXACT SEQUENCE OF EVENTS THAT LED TO THIS EVENT WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS OUT OF FUEL OVER THE RADIO AND NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL LEAKAGE FOUND AT THE CRASH SITE. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_FTW87FA168.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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