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| Date: | Friday 5 July 2024 |
| Time: | c. 12:35 LT |
| Type: |  Aero Commander 500A |
| Owner/operator: | FYOTech LLC |
| Registration: | N311PW |
| MSN: | 500A-1106-54 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | near Dayton, NV -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Silver Springs Airport, NV (KSPZ) |
| Carson City Airport, NV (CSN/KCXP) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Aero Commander 500A (Colemill Super 300 conversion) experienced a fuel exhaustion event and a subsequent forced landing to major roadway terrain near Dayton, Nevada.
The pilot and two passengers were not injured.
Sources:
https://mynews4.com/news/local/plane-makes-emergency-landing-on-highway-50-near-dayton
https://www.kolotv.com/2024/07/05/plane-lands-highway-50-near-dayton/
https://www.2news.com/news/plane-makes-emergency-landing-on-lyon-county-road/article_53481a0c-3b08-11ef-9db9-dfd15e2a75ee.html
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=311PW
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n311pw#36015e7f
https://media.abpic.co.uk/pictures/full_size_0231/1348386-large.jpg (photo)
History of this aircraft
Ex C-GFMA, N311PW
Location
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jul-2024 22:54 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 06-Jul-2024 04:39 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jul-2024 05:41 | Aviation News Talk | Updated [Registration, Operator, Source, ] |
| 06-Jul-2024 05:43 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 06-Jul-2024 05:44 | ASN | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 06-Jul-2024 06:35 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jul-2024 19:01 | Captain Adam | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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