# Accident 20030523009169A: Cessna 175B, Cedar City, UT, May 23, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2003, 15:35 local time
- Place: Cedar City, UT
- Airport: Cedar City Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5910° N, 113.1899° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5910&lon=-113.1899&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8199T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8199T-2005-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175B (registry code 2072506, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175B
- Reported engine: CONT GO300*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030523009169A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATES HE WAS ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM WINNEMUCCA, NV TO CEDAR CITY, UT. HE FURTHER STATES THAT ENROUTE TO CEDAR CITY HE TOOK A FLIGHT BAG FROM THE BACK SEAT TO THE FRONT. HE STATES THE BAG CAUGHT ON SOMETHING BETWEEN THE SEATS AND HE PULLED IT LOOSE. HE SAID IT MAY HAVE CAUGHT ON THE FUEL SELECTOR SWITCH BETWEEN THE SEATS. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT TENDED TO USE MORE FUEL OUT OF THE LEFT TANK THAN THE RIGHT. HE FURTHER STATED ON DESCENT INTO CEDAR CITY AIRPORT THE ENGINE QUIT. HE STATED HE WENT THROUGH THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR A RESTART, BUT HE DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF ALTITUDE AVAILABLE, AND DECIDED TO LAND ON A DIRT ROAD. THE ROAD WAS A ROLLING TYPE AND THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT OF THE ROAD AND STRUCK A TREE. ON INSPECTION AT THE CRASH SITE, THE RIGHT WING FUEL TANK WAS DRY AND THE LEFT WING TANK HAD A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE TANK. THE FUEL SELECTOR APPEARED TO BE IN A NORMAL POSITION. THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE HIS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE IN HIS POSSESSION. ACCORDING TO THE AEROMEDICAL BRANCH IN OKLAHOMA CITY, HIS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE EXPIRED IN AUGUST 2002. AIRCRAFT DESTROYED. MINOR INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

## 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 DEN03LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA088), May 23, 2003: Cessna 175B (N8199T), Cedar City, UT, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's inadvertently switching the fuel selector to the right tank, resulting in fuel starvation, and his failure to maintain direction control during the forced landing. Contributing factors…

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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