# Incident 19950202010149I: Cessna 140, Vancouver, WA, February 2, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1995, 16:30 local time
- Place: Vancouver, WA
- Airport: Evergreen Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6200° N, 122.5300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Evergreen Field, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6200&lon=-122.5300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2160V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2160V-2013-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 1 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950202010149I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT HAD JUST PURCHASED THE AIRPLANE, AND OBTAINED A FERRY PERMIT TO RELOCATE THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT MADE FOUR (4) UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO LAND. ON THE LAST GO-AROUND, THE ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL STARVATION, AND THE AIRCRAFT MADE A FORCED LANDING. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT AN IMPROPER FUEL VALVE HAD BEEN INSTALLED, AND WAS MIS-LABELED. FUEL WOULD ONLY FLOW FROM THE LEFT TANK WHEN THE SELECTOR INDICATED "BOTH". ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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