# Incident 20051105027809I: Cessna A185F, Tulsa, OK, November 5, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 2005, 10:10 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1540° N, 95.9928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulsa, OK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1540&lon=-95.9928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N185JY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N185JY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,560 total, 375 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051105027809I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 5, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:10 CST, A CESSNA 185, N185JY, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A SANDBAR 4 NM NORTH OF THE RICHARD JONES AIRPORT (KRVS), TULSA, OK. THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED. ACCORDING TO STATEMENTS MADE BY THE PILOT, HE DEPARTED PARSON, KS AT ABOUT 09:30 CST ENROUTE TO KRVS. WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 19R, THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING PREFLIGHT, THE FUEL GAUGES SHOWED 1/2 FULL IN THE LEFT TANK AND 3/4 FULL IN THE RIGHT TANK. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT HE VISUALLY INSPECTED THE QUANTITY OF FUEL IN EACH TANK PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. AFTER LANDING ON THE SANDBAR, HE REFUELED 10 GALLONS IN THE TANKS FOR THE SHORT FLIGHT TO KRVS. ACCORDING TO RECEIPTS OBTAINED HE FILLED THE TANKS TO CAPACITY, WHICH AMOUNT TO 53 GALLONS TOTAL. THE TOTAL FUEL CAPACITY FOR THIS AIRCRAFT IS 80 GALLONS. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE THOUGHT BASED ON HIS PLANNING THAT HE HAD 1.5 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME WHEN THE DEPARTED PARSONS, KS FOR KVRS. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL HAS DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT FUEL TANK VENT CHECK VALVE WAS DEFECTIVE.

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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