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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna A185F · Bay St Louis, MS · July 2, 1997

Date: July 2, 1997 · 18:48 local
Place: Bay St Louis, MS
Airport: Diamond Head Airport
Phase of flight: Forced Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N5054R
NTSB investigation: NTSBMIA97LA203
Reported as: Cessna A185F
Reported engine: Continental IO520D
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,500 total2,000 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N5054RRegistration cancelled Jul 20, 2000 · Cessna A185FS/N 18502990 Airframe modelCessna A185F

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine quit on final. Landed short. Nosed over. Fuel tanks void of useable fuel. Foreign material in fuel pump. (-23) aircraft N5054R made a forced landing short of runway 36 at Diamond Head Airport, because of loss of power. The engine quit due to fuel exhaustion. The aircraft came to rest upside down on the runway over run after the landing gear floats hit the end of the runway embankment. Only one to two quarts of fuel was found in the left-hand tank. About two gallons of fuel was found in the right-hand tank. The fuel selector was in the lefthand tank position at the time of the accident.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON FINAL. LANDED SHORT. NOSED OVER. FUEL TANKS VOID OF USEABLE FUEL. FOREIGN MATERIAL IN FUEL PUMP. (-23) AIRCRAFT N5054R MADE A FORCED LANDING SHORT OF RUNWAY 36 AT DIAMOND HEAD AIRPORT, BECAUSE OF LOSS OF POWER. THE ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN ON THE RUNWAY OVER RUN AFTER THE LANDING GEAR FLOATS HIT THE END OF THE RUNWAY EMBANKMENT. ONLY ONE TO TWO QUARTS OF FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE LEFT-HAND TANK. ABOUT TWO GALLONS OF FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE RIGHT-HAND TANK. THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS IN THE LEFTHAND TANK POSITION AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB MIA97LA203Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBay St. Louis, MSThe pilot's improper short field landing procedure and use of full flaps prior to being assured of reaching the proper touchdown point, resulting in an in-flight collision with an embankment, and subsequent nose over. Contributing to the accident was a total…Jul 2, 1997 · Substantial damage