# Accident 20040416006329A: Cessna A185E, Hastings, MN, April 16, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2004, 13:55 local time
- Place: Hastings, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6978° N, 92.8642° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6978&lon=-92.8642&mi=10
- Aircraft: N185TY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,277 total, 900 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04CA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040416006329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 16, 2004, AT HASTINGS, MN. AT APPROXIMATELY 1355 LOCAL TIME GREGORY MORRIS ACTED AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF N185TY, CESSNA A185E, S/N 185-1001. ONE PASSENGER, ^PRIVACY DATA O^ WAS ON BOARD. APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILE AFTER LIFT OFF, FROM LAKE ISABELLE THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A DESERTED WOODED FIELD. MINOR INJURIES RESULTED TO GREGORY MORRIS. NO FIRE. ELT ACTIVATED. BOTH OCCUPANTS DEPARTED THE SCENE. A PASSING AIRCRAFT REPORTED THE ACCIDENT. GREGORY MORRIS STATED TO FAA INSPECTORS THAT HE DID NOT TURN THE AIRCRAFT FUEL SYSTEM, FUEL TANK SELECTOR ON. HE STATED HE HAD TURNED THE FUEL SELECTOR OFF SEVERAL DAYS EARLIER. FURTHER HE DID NOT USE A CHECKLIST. HE STATED THESE IDENTICAL STATEMENTS TO HIS BROTHER ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ FURTHER GREGORY MORRIS STATED TO FAA INSPECTORS THAT HE THOUGHT HIS BROTHER, ^PRIVACY^ WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND BECAUSE HE (GREGORY) WAS BUILDING UP HOURS FOR HIS BI-ANNUAL AND ONLY FLEW WITH LICENSED PILOTS. GREGORY STATED THAT HIS MEDICAL WAS UNDER REVIEW BY FAA BECAUSE HE IS A DIABETIC AND THE FLIGHT SURGEON STATED THAT HE HAD TO SEND IT IN FOR REVIEW.

## 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 CHI04CA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA105), Apr 16, 2004: Cessna A185E (N185TY), Hastings, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot not verifying the fuel selector valve's position during the preflight leading to the fuel starvation and subsequent loss of engine power during the flight's initial climb.

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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