At 22:15 central time, an Aero Commander 700 crashed near Breckenridge during a forced landing following a loss of engine power. The pilot and his three passengers were not injured. The flight had originated about two hours and 15 minutes earlier at Ruidoso, N.M. The pilot told the FAA inspector who responded to the accident site he ran out of fuel and landed in a field one mile west of the Breckenridge Airport. The inspector found the left fuel tank dry and the right fuel tank contained only -inch of fuel at its deepest point.
June 4, Breckenridge, Texas / Aero Commander 700
At 22:15 central time, an Aero Commander 700 crashed near Breckenridge during a forced landing following a loss of engine power. The pilot and his three passengers were not injured. The flight had originated about two hours and 15 minutes earlier at Ruidoso, N.M. The pilot told the FAA inspector who responded to the accident site he ran out of fuel and landed in a field one mile west of the Breckenridge Airport. The inspector found the left fuel tank dry and the right fuel tank contained only -inch of fuel at its deepest point....
Key Takeaways:
- An Aero Commander 700 made a forced landing near Breckenridge following a loss of engine power, later confirmed by the pilot as running out of fuel.
- The pilot and three passengers were uninjured despite the crash landing.
- An FAA inspection found both fuel tanks nearly empty, corroborating the pilot's report of fuel exhaustion.
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