# Accident 20010429007229A: Cessna 170B, Las Vegas, NV, April 29, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2001, 13:05 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Henderson Sky Harbor Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0393° N, 114.9308° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0393&lon=-114.9308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2567C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2567C-2018-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT C1452
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,289 total, 24 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX01LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010429007229A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON APRIL 29, 2001 AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 LOCAL TIME (PDT), N2567C A CESSNA 170-B, STANDARD CERTIFICATION, EXPERIENCED A POWER FAILURE WHILE APPROACHING HENDERSON EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (L15) FOR LANDING. THE PILOT (ONLY OCCUPANT IN THE AIRCRAFT) ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A DIRT ROAD ABOUT ONE MILE WEST OF THE AIRPORT.  THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO LAND ON THE ROAD SUBSTATIALLY DAMAGING THE AIRPLANE DURING THE EMERGENCY.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO PROPERTY ON THE SURFACE.                       (.4) IN A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LEFT HENDERSON APPROXIMATELY 1230 FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT. HE STATED THAT HE TOOK OFF WITH AN ESTIMATED 15 TO 18 GALLONS OF FUEL ONBOARD. THERE WERE NO RECORDS INDICATING THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN FUELED PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT. HE PRACTICED FLIGHT MANEUVERS AND THREE WHEEL LANDINGS AT A NEARBY DRY LAKE BED AND THEN LANDED AT JEAN, NEVADA, AIRPORT FOR A 20-MINUTE REST STOP. HE DID NOT FUEL THE AIRCRAFT AT JEAN AIRPORT, WHICH HAD FUEL SERVICE AVAILABLE. HE STATED THAT DURING HIS RETURN TO HENDERSON, THE ENGINE SLOWED DOWN AND STOPPED APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT. HE ATTEMPTED A RESTART. THE ENGINE RESTARTED A ND RAN FOR ABOUT 1 MINUTE AND STOPPED AGAIN, RESULTING IN A FORCED LANDING 1 MILE SHORT OF THE AIRPORT IN ROUGH DESERT TERRAIN. HE STATED THAT THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT 1400. THIS WOULD INDICATE A FLIGHT TIME OF 1 HOUR 10 MINUTES. ACCORDING TO THE OWNER'S MANUAL FOR THE AIRPLANE, THE MAXIMUM FUEL CONSUMPTION AT SEA LEVEL WITH THE MIXTURE LEANED IS 12.5 GALLONS PER HOUR. AT A CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 5,000 FEET WITH MIXTURE LEANED, THE FUEL CONSUMPTION IS 9.6 GALLONS PER HOUR. THE AIRPLANE HOLDS 42 GALLONS OF FUEL IN TWO WING TANKS. THE USEABLE FUEL IS 37 GALLONS. THIS LEAVES APPROXIMATELY 2.5 GALLONS OF UNUSABLE FUEL IN EACH WING TANK, WHICH WOULD RESULT IN 13 GALLONS AVAILABLE WHEN THE AIRPLANE INITIALLY DEPARTED.

## 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 LAX01LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA158), Apr 29, 2001: Cessna 170B (N2567C), Henderson, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to refuel the airplane, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a forced landing in rough terrain.

## Other reports on N2567C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19760504010299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760504010299A), May 4, 1976: Cessna 170B (N2567C), Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. Hit lge dirt clod & swerved into rocks.

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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