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Accident · Substantial damage
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FAA accident report · Cessna 170 · Bennettsville, SC · October 5, 2001

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Date
October 5, 2001 · 13:15 local
Place
Bennettsville, SC
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4180V
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA02LA006
Reported as
Cessna 170
Reported engine
Continental O300D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,454 total300 in this make and model175 in the last 90 days
N4180VRegistration cancelled Oct 21, 2019 · Cessna 170S/N 18513 · Built 1948Airframe modelCessna 170Engine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) The flight began at the moore county airport, NC. The pilot stated that he and a friend went to stanton's fly-in barbeque, near Bennettsville, SC. Upon departing stanton's, the engine was quitting. The pilot stated that he never got above 250 feet. He tried using the engine primer to keep the engine running, but to no avail. (.4) on October 5, 2001, about 1315 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 170, N4180V, registered to vega aero services, inc., experienced a loss of power during the initial climb after takeoff and collided with terrain during a forced landing near Bennettsville, south carolina. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR part 91 personal flight. The airplane was substantially damaged and the commercial-rated pilot and one passenger were not injured. The flight originated about 2 minutes earlier. The airplane was flown a total of approximately 2 hours 25 minutes on two separate flights since the fuel tanks were filled. The first flight was approximately 2 hours duration taking place 1 day before the accident. The second flight lasted approximately 25 minutes and too k place earlier on the accident date departing with nearly full fuel in the left fuel tank and APPROXIMATELY1 hour of fuel remaining in the right fuel tank. The pilot stated that after takeoff on the accident flight with the fuel selector positioned to the "both" position, the engine quit when the flight was approximately 200 feet above ground level. The pilot maneuvered the airplane for a forced landing in a field and while in a foward slip; the right main landing gear collided with a ditch. The right wing then contacted the ditch and the airplane came to rest. The pilot and passenger exited the airplane out the right door. Postaccident examination of the airplane by the pilot/owner who is also an airframe and powerplant mechanic revealed that the vent line which connects to both fuel tanks was blocked near the left wing root area. Additionally, the fuel supply line between the fuel selector valve and the fuel strainer was found to be kinked and foreign matter was found inside the kinked line. The owner/pilot reported that the damage to the line was not the result of the forced landing and subsequent damage to the airplane.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE FLIGHT BEGAN AT THE MOORE COUNTY AIRPORT, NC. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE AND A FRIEND WENT TO STANTON'S FLY-IN BARBEQUE, NEAR BENNETTSVILLE, SC. UPON DEPARTING STANTON'S, THE ENGINE WAS QUITTING. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE NEVER GOT ABOVE 250 FEET. HE TRIED USING THE ENGINE PRIMER TO KEEP THE ENGINE RUNNING, BUT TO NO AVAIL. (.4) ON OCTOBER 5, 2001, ABOUT 1315 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 170, N4180V, REGISTERED TO VEGA AERO SERVICES, INC., EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF AND COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN DURING A FORCED LANDING NEAR BENNETTSVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE COMMERCIAL-RATED PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED ABOUT 2 MINUTES EARLIER. THE AIRPLANE WAS FLOWN A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS 25 MINUTES ON TWO SEPARATE FLIGHTS SINCE THE FUEL TANKS WERE FILLED. THE FIRST FLIGHT WAS APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS DURATION TAKING PLACE 1 DAY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. THE SECOND FLIGHT LASTED APPROXIMATELY 25 MINUTES AND TOO K PLACE EARLIER ON THE ACCIDENT DATE DEPARTING WITH NEARLY FULL FUEL IN THE LEFT FUEL TANK AND APPROXIMATELY1 HOUR OF FUEL REMAINING IN THE RIGHT FUEL TANK. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF ON THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT WITH THE FUEL SELECTOR POSITIONED TO THE "BOTH" POSITION, THE ENGINE QUIT WHEN THE FLIGHT WAS APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. THE PILOT MANEUVERED THE AIRPLANE FOR A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD AND WHILE IN A FOWARD SLIP; THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLIDED WITH A DITCH. THE RIGHT WING THEN CONTACTED THE DITCH AND THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRPLANE OUT THE RIGHT DOOR. POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE BY THE PILOT/OWNER WHO IS ALSO AN AIRFRAME AND POWERPLANT MECHANIC REVEALED THAT THE VENT LINE WHICH CONNECTS TO BOTH FUEL TANKS WAS BLOCKED NEAR THE LEFT WING ROOT AREA. ADDITIONALLY, THE FUEL SUPPLY LINE BETWEEN THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE AND THE FUEL STRAINER WAS FOUND TO BE KINKED AND FOREIGN MATTER WAS FOUND INSIDE THE KINKED LINE. THE OWNER/PILOT REPORTED THAT THE DAMAGE TO THE LINE WAS NOT THE RESULT OF THE FORCED LANDING AND SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE.

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 MIA02LA006Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBennettsville, SCThe blockage of the fuel vent and also the collapsed fuel supply line resulting in the total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.Oct 5, 2001 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N4180V · 1

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