- Date
- November 17, 1988, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Batavia, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4137VCessna 170
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881117051109A
- Case key
- 7958
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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
After about 3 hours and 20 mins of flight the pilot experienced a complete power failure. He attempted to reach the closest airport, but was forced to land in a field 3 miles short. The pilot had estimated that he had 4 hrs fuel. At about 9 gph and 33.5 gals of usable fuel the total endurance (assuming proper leaning) is 3.7 hrs minus fuel for t/o, taxi, and climb. The airplane was serviced with automotive fuel. There were no mechanical problems reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4137V
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 377182
- Airframe hours
- 2,390
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George Aimone
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 18, 1988 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- Palmetto, GA
- Destination
- Springfield, OH
- Airport
- Clermont County, runway 4, 3,732 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 120 in this make and model · 2,400 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4137V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.