- Date
- August 7, 1985, 05:57 local (10:57 UTC)
- Place
- Moline, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N100FGCessna 402B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850807037029A
- Case key
- 13183
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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 - starvation
In-flight planning/decision - poorCause
Fuel system - improper use ofCause
Fuel consumption calculations - misjudgedCause
Forced landing
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - soft
Analysis
The acft was landed on soft terrain 1500 ft short of the rwy following a total loss of pwr. The plt reported he failed to use fuel from the aux tanks during the flt and he exhausted the fuel in the main tanks. The fuel boost pumps are located in the main tanks and the plt was unable to get fuel to the engines fast enough for a restart.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N100FG
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0234
- Airframe hours
- 4,686
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Midwest Aviation Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 8, 1985 · 98 hours before
- Departed
- MDW · Chicago, IL
- Destination
- MLI · Moline, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MLI · Quad City, runway 27, 6,507 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 66
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20,557 total · 2,349 in this make and model · 20,464 as pilot in command · 175 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 240° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.