# Accident 20070810021829A: Cessna 180, Princeton, NM, August 10, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2007, 20:30 local time
- Place: Princeton, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5597° N, 93.6081° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5597&lon=-93.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2311C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2311C) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24,500 total, 80 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07CA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA263) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070810021829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ENROUTE FROM LACROSS, WI TO PRINCETON, MN AT ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF THE PRINCETON AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND HE PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A SOYBEAN FIELD. UPON EXITING THE AIRCRAFT HE NOTICED THE RIGHT FUEL CAP OFF AND FUEL CAP DOOR OPEN AND THERE WAS FUEL STAINING ON THE WING BEHIND THE FUEL DOR. THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE PILOT HAD NOT CHECKED THE RIGHT FUEL CAP FOR SECURITY PRIOR TO THIS FLIGHT.

## 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 CHI07CA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA263), Aug 11, 2007: Cessna 180 (N2311C), Princeton, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's inadequate preflight. A factor was the fuel siphoning from the right fuel tank.

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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