# Incident 19940721032119I: Cessna 185D, Des Moines, IA, July 21, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1994, 15:20 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Des Moines International
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5340° N, 93.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DES MOINES INTL (DSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5340&lon=-93.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5899T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5899T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185D (registry code 2072812, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940721032119I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM HUNTINGTON, WV (HTS) TO DES MOINES, IA (DSM). APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES AIRPORT, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. THE PILOT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A FIELD. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING AFTER LANDING. FUEL WAS ADDED TO THE AIRCRAFT AND IT DEPARTED THE FIELD. PILOT THINKS HE MAY HAVE BEEN FLYING WING LOW CAUSING THE FUEL TO CAVITATE THE FUEL PORT THUS CAUSING FUEL STARVATION. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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