- Date
- August 7, 1988, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cumming, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4575KRyan Navion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880807033659A
- Case key
- 7798
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Analysis
The pilot had made a precautionary landing due to enroute weather. After conditions had improved he obtained a weather briefing for his intended destination. He was told that there were tstms in the area but that conditions were VFR. After departure from the enroute stop, the pilot attempted to transfer fuel from an aux tank. He turned the pump on but did not open the transfer valve. When he arrived over his destination, there was heavy rain over the airport. He elected to divert to an alternate. On the way to the alternate, the engine lost power from fuel starvation and a forced landing was made in lake lanier. There were 20 gallons of fuel in the aux tank at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4575K
- Reported as
- Ryan Navion
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NAV-4-1575
- Airframe hours
- 3,724
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BGBR, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Porter Randall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 20, 1987
- Departed
- TOC · Toccoa, GA
- Destination
- 5GA4 · Woodstock, GA
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 299 total · 58 in this make and model · 299 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 11 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDK, 21 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.