# Incident 19981112042819I: Cessna 180, Denver, PA, November 12, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 1998, 09:20 local time
- Place: Denver, PA
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2341° N, 76.1412° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2341&lon=-76.1412&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6560A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6560A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT O470K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 209 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981112042819I

## Narrative

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

(-5)THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A VFR CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM BANGAR, MASSACHUSETTS (BGR) TO ORLANDO, FLORIDA AT 6500 MSL. AS THE PILOT BEGAN HIS DESCENT TO LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA (LNS) TO REFUEL, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER.  CARB HEAT WAS APPLIED AND THE ENGINE THEN QUIT COMPLETELY.  AFTER CONTACTING LANCASTER ATCT, THE PILOT NOTED THAT HE WAS APPROXIMATELY 8NM EAST N.E. OF LANCASTER AND WOULD NOT MAKE IT TO THE AIRPORT.  AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE ON A COUNTRY ROAD NEAR THE TOWN OF DENVER, PENNSYLVANIA.  DURING THE ONSITE INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED BY INSPECTORS FROM THIS OFFICE, FUEL DEPLETION WAS NOTED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN REFUELED, TEST RUN SUCCESSFULLY, AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.  SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE CARBURETOR WAS LEAKING FUEL FROM THE BOWL VENT DUE TO A STICKING FLOAT.  THE CARBURETOR WAS REPAIRED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.  SUBMISSION OF THE REPORT CLOSES THE INCIDENT.

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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