# NTSB investigations: Cessna 180H: Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB SEA07CA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA164.md): Cessna 180H · Nampa, ID · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 17, 2007 · N2467F · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to stop for additional fuel, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
- [NTSB NYC06CA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA047.md): Cessna 180H · Greenville, NH · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Dec 28, 2005 · N2869U · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate pre-flight inspection, which resulted in water-contaminated fuel in the engine and subsequent engine failure.
- [NTSB ANC96LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA134.md): Cessna 180 · Port Alsworth, AK · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 30, 1996 · N8241V · Substantial damage
  > The fuel starvation caused by the unporting of the right fuel tank, and the pilot's inadequate preflight by not dipping the fuel tank to ensure sufficient fuel quantity to prevent the unporting.
- [NTSB ANC88LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA128.md): Cessna 180H · Figure 8 Lake, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 7, 1988 · N2483F · Substantial damage
  > The private pilot and his passenger were uninjured following a forced landing on a survey trail. The pilot related that the airplane ran out of fuel, and nosed-over during the landing roll on the soft soil. He said that he did not visually inspect the…
- [NTSB SEA87LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA182.md): Cessna 180H · Salmon, ID · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 5, 1987 · N2467F · Substantial damage
  > While on approach for landing a total loss of power occurred for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB ANC85FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85FA078.md): Cessna 180H · Anchorage, AK · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 8, 1985 · N9042M · Destroyed
  > The acft ran out of fuel after the plt extended his original flt plan route to circumnavigate areas of poor weather. The acft was over water when fuel exhaustion occurred and the acft was ditched under unfavorable conditions.
- [NTSB ANC85LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LA058.md): Cessna 180 · Kenai, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 23, 1985 · N91224 · Substantial damage
  > The acft collided with a snow bank during a forced lndg after the eng went to idle pwr during takeoff. The rt wing contacted the snow bank & turned the acft so that the eng cowling was also damaged. The only malfunction noted during the investigation was…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2072618')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 353))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2072618&occurrence=353

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