- Date
- May 26, 1983, 12:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Florence, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4395VCessna 195
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830526023729A
- Case key
- 6073
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the plt, the eng lost power about 3 mi from the arpt after he switched from the right to the left fuel tank. He reported that he switched the boost pump to the 'high' position, but was unable to restart the eng. He estimated there was 5 to 7 gal of fuel in the right main fuel tank & aprx 12 gal in the left tank. During a landing in a plowed field, the acft nosed over. The person that recovered the acft found no fuel in the tanks, noted no strong fuel odor & saw no fuel stains or other indications of spilled fuel around the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4395V
- Reported as
- Cessna 195
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7323
- Engine
- Jacobs R-755-A2, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Decimus C. Barbot, doing business as D.C. Barbot And Associates
- Registered owner
- Barbot D. C
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LBT · Lumberton, NC
- Destination
- FLO · Florence, SC
- Airport
- FLO · Florence City County
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,250 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLO, 3 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.