ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 377314
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Date: | Sunday 28 April 1985 |
Time: | 12:00 LT |
Type: | Cessna 182 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N5685B |
MSN: | 33685 |
Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
Total airframe hrs: | 6482 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470-L |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Pittstown, NJ -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE PREFLIGHTED THE ACFT & DECIDED THERE WAS SUFFICIENT FUEL TO HAUL SKYDIVERS ON 2 MORE FLTS. ON THE 2ND FLT, HE HAD TO MAKE THREE PASSES INSTEAD OF ONE. DURING THE APCH TO THE ARPT, THE ENG LOST POWER FROM FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE PLT TRIED TO REACH THE RWY, BUT LANDED SHORT ON PLOWED TERRAIN. THE WHEELS DUG INTO THE PLOWED TERRAIN, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED & THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE PLT HAD PLANNED A FUEL CONSUMPTION RATE OF 12.1 GAL/HR. HOWEVER, THE ACTUAL FUEL CONSUMPTION (AFTER INSTALLATION OF A NEW ENG) WAS 12.8 GAL/HR.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC85LA113 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB NYC85LA113
Revision history:
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