# Incident 20160802012949I: Cessna A185F, Beaver, PA, August 2, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2016, 11:30 local time
- Place: Beaver, PA
- Airport: Ohio River
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6935° N, 80.3076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaver, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6935&lon=-80.3076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9973N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-520-D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160802012949I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED  ZELIENOPLE AIRPORT PA WITH AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY OF FUEL.

WHILE PRACTICING TAKE-OFFS AND LANDINGS ON THE OHIO RIVER, A DECISION WAS MADE TO FLY TO BEAVER COUNTY AIRPORT (BVI) TO PURCHASE FUEL, AT APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FEET AGL THE ENGINE QUIT. A SAFE RETURN AND LANDING ON THE RIVER WAS MADE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PILOT HAD LESS FUEL THAN HE THOUGHT HE HAD, WHICH  CAUSED THE ENGINE FAILURE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT AFTER 25 GALLONS OF FUEL WAS ADDED TO THE AIRPLANE AT A BOAT DOCK, THE ENGINE WAS INSPECTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. LOGBOOK ENTRY INDICATED THAT THE FUEL SYSTEM, MAGNETO CHECK AND FUEL SUMPS CHECKED ALL WERE IN GOOD OPERATING CONDITION, AND AN AIRPLANE RUN-UP WAS CONDUCTED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER PROBLEMS.

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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