- Date
- May 5, 1985, 17:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Princefrederick, MD
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7027ECessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850505019189A
- Case key
- 11132
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft flew 2:15 from cambridge, MD, to smith mountain lake, VA, earlier on the day of the accident and was 2 hrs into the return flt when at 5500 ft over prince frederick, MD, the eng lost pwr due to fuel exhaustion, according to the passenger. The apch to the private strip selected for the forced landing was too high, the plt stated, and touchdown was between half and two-thirds down the 1850 ft rwy. The acft could not be stopped on the remaining rwy and an attempt to turn right and avoid trees was unsuccessful. The acft had received maintenance on the fuel gages on 4/29/85. The left fuel gage sender was not functioning properly at that time. Additionally, the passenger, a student plt stated that the fuel gages were functioning at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7027E
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 56527
- Airframe hours
- 1,440
- Engine
- Continental GO-300-C, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William F. Brohawn, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 9, 1984 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- W91 · Moneta, VA
- Destination
- CGE · Cambridge, MD
- Airport
- Cedar Beach Farm, runway 14, 1,850 × 25 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 307 total · 27 in this make and model · 261 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ADW, 20 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.