# Accident 19960311003969A: Cessna A185E, Greenville, ME, March 11, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 1996, 11:20 local time
- Place: Greenville, ME
- Airport: Greenville Spb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4058° N, 69.5720° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4058&lon=-69.5720&mi=10
- Aircraft: N712MY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 125 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC96LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960311003969A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER SWITCHING FUEL TANKS. FAILED TO TURN ON BOOST PUMP. MISMANGED FUEL SYSTEM.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC96LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA074), Mar 11, 1996: Cessna A185E (N712MY), Shirley, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's fuel mismanagement and improper use of the fuel selector valve which resulted in fuel starvation.

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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