ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 366712
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Date: | Tuesday 26 June 1990 |
Time: | 16:00 LT |
Type: | Cessna 180 |
Owner/operator: | Mardis, Nicky Lee |
Registration: | N1655C |
MSN: | 30355 |
Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
Total airframe hrs: | 5500 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470-K |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Goddard, KS -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Cheyenne Spring, CO |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, AT ABOUT 350 FEET AGL, THE ENGINE FAILED. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED, SHORT OF THE RUNWAY, RESULTING IN A NOSE OVER IN A PLOWED FIELD. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED A LOOSE FUEL STRAINER SCREEN HAD TURNED SIDEWAYS IN THE LINE AND RESTRICTED THE FUEL FLOW.
Probable Cause: FUEL STARVATION DUE TO A LOOSE FUEL STRAINER SCREEN. A FACTOR RELATED TO THIS ACCIDENT WAS LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN FOR A FORCED LANDING.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MKC90LA137 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 4 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB MKC90LA137
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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