- Date
- August 8, 1984, 14:29 local (18:29 UTC)
- Place
- Chesapeake, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2449CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12728
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Preflight planning/preparation - improperCause
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Fuel supply - inadequateCause
Procedures/directives - not followedCause
Refueling - not performedCause
Fluid,fuel - failure,totalFactor
Habit interferenceCause
Forced landing
Analysis
The acft was forced to land off arpt after the engine quit. The plt normally refueled after landing and forgot that he did not on this occasion. The fuel gages were misread during pre-flt. The acft ran out of fuel after about 1 hour flt time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2449C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30749
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Grafton Insurance Agency, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 15, 1984
- Departed
- BKW · Beckley, WV
- Destination
- ETB · West Bend, WI
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,250 total · 80 in this make and model · 1,180 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 1TS, 6 nm away