ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 366763
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| Date: | Monday 18 June 1990 |
| Time: | 14:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182 |
| Owner/operator: | Byers-jones Chairman |
| Registration: | N9977E |
| MSN: | 18264037 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2482 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cottage Grove, MN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Atchison, KS (K59) |
| St.paul, MN (KSTP) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, DURING A PERSONAL CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. AN EMERGENCY LDG WAS ATTEMPTED, RESULTING IN A COLLISION WITH TREES AND THE TERRAIN, IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE FUEL TANKS TO BE EMPTY OF USABLE FUEL. THE PLT SAID THAT SHE SMELLED GASOLINE FUMES DURING THE THREE HOUR FLIGHT, BUT DUE TO THE EXTENT OF THE ACCIDENT DAMAGE, IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO ASCERTAIN A FUEL LEAK.
Probable Cause: FUEL EXHAUSTION AND REMEDIAL ACTION NOT PERFORMED BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MKC90LA133
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 June 1985 | N9977E | Charmaine Byers-jones | 0 | Newport, NH | |
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| 21-Mar-2024 11:53 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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