- Date
- July 8, 1984, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Oak Brook, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8377ZCessna 205
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840708074399A
- Case key
- 12409
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Pilot and passengers here circling over a golf tournanent taking photographs when the engine quit. The pilot made an emergency landing on an adjacent golf course and the aircraft struck a tree during the rollout. Post accident exam of the eng revealed no evidence of a mechanical or failure. The fuel boost pump was found to be in the high position. The acft owner's manual states that the electric fuel pump should not be switched to the high position during normal operation because considerably richer mixture than normal will result.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8377Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 205
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 205-0377
- Airframe hours
- 3,137
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-S, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul V. Smith, Sr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 15, 1983 · 88 hours before
- Departed
- DPA · West Chicago, IL
- Airport
- MDW · Midway
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 650 total · 207 in this make and model · 569 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 14 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.