- Date
- May 18, 1985, 06:56 local (11:56 UTC)
- Place
- Golden Valley, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N91043Cessna 207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850518018319A
- Case key
- 13069
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Shortly after takeoff, on the last leg on it's flight, the engine of the air cargo acft started to sputter. The plt turned the fuel selector handlr from the left tank to another position & turned on the boost pump. The engine stopped running & the plt elected to land in a public park. The left wing was torn off the acft during the emerg landing. Investigation revealed that the fuel selector had been turned to the 'off' position, a check of the fuel quantity in each tank showed less than five gal in the left tank & about twelve gal in the right tank
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91043
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700030
- Airframe hours
- 4,002
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Northland American Air Cargo
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 28, 1985
- Departed
- MSP · Minneapolis, MN
- Destination
- MIC · Crystal, MN
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
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,800 total · 607 in this make and model · 1,600 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIC, 5 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.