# Accident 20051027033949A: Cessna 180, Manitowish Wat, WI, October 27, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2005, 15:43 local time
- Place: Manitowish Wat, WI
- Airport: Manitowish Waters
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.1219° N, 89.8822° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1219&lon=-89.8822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20KK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20KK-2008-08-06) (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 O470J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 120 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06CA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051027033949A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED HE FUELED THE AIRCRAFT TO CAPACITY BEFORE FLIGHT ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. HE STATED HE FLEW N20KK FROM D25 TO ASX WHERE HE COMPLETED A BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW. AFTER COMPLETION OF THE REVIEW HE FLEW N20KK TO LNL WHERE HE PICKED UP A PASSENGER AND PROCEEDED TO FLY BACK TO D25. THE PILOT STATED THAT ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 32 AT D25 THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE SPUTTERED AND QUIT. HE STATED HE RETRACTED THE 20 DEGREES OF FLAP HE HAD SET, IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE THE RUNWAY. N20KK CONTACTED THE TREES SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AND CRASHED INTO SCRUB TREES AND BRUSH APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. INVESTIGATION AT THE SCENE INDICATED THE AIRCRAFT HAD LESS THAN ONE GALLON OF FUEL ONBOARD. THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT MANUAL FOR THE CESSNA 180 STATES 5.0 GALLONS OF FUEL ARE UNUSABLE. THE ENGINE WAS SERVICED WITH FUEL, STARTED AND IT RAN NORMALLY. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY FUEL SPILL OR DRAINAGE AT THE ACCIDENT SITE. THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT DETECT THE SMELL OF ANY FUEL AFTER THE ACCIDENT NOR DID HE VISUALLY CHECK THE FUEL BEFORE DEPARTURE FROM LNL.

## 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 CHI06CA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA022), Oct 27, 2005: Cessna 180 (N20KK), Manitowish Wate, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. A factor to the accident was the trees the airplane impacted during the forced landing.

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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