# NTSB ATL83LA202: Cessna 195, N4395V, Florence, SC, May 26, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 26, 1983, 12:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place: Florence, SC
- Location: 34.2205° N, 79.6930° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from FLORENCE RGNL (FLO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2205&lon=-79.6930&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6073
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA202
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6073/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA202

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4395V), registered now, S/N 7323, built 1949 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195
- Registry model: [Cessna 195](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195) (registry code 2073102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Jacobs R755A series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r755a-series) (registry code 35006, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7323
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830526023729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830526023729A), May 26, 1983: Cessna 195, Florence, SC, Substantial damage. Aircraft engine quit due to fuel exhaustion. Crash occurred during emergency landing.

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.

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