- Date
- July 30, 1985, 07:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Delavan, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5191NBoeing E75
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850730035119A
- Case key
- 13172
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionFactor
Aircraft service - improperCause
Fuel consumption calculations - misjudgedCause
Refueling - not performedCause
Judgment - poorCause
Forced landing
Nose over
Terrain condition - none suitableFactor
Terrain condition - none suitableFactor
Analysis
The acft nosed over during a forced lndg after the eng quit. The plt said he ran out of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5191N
- Reported as
- Boeing E75 (E-75)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-5521
- Airframe hours
- 8,877
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- A.G. Aviation Services Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 28, 1985 · 150 hours before
- Airport
- Swan Airstrip
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 22,177 total · 1,002 in this make and model · 21,758 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKE, 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.
Other investigations on N5191N · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.