- Date
- August 23, 1986, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Muskegon, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9275BCessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860823044299A
- Case key
- 13515
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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.
Analysis
Just prior to applying takeoff power the pilot switched to the left fuel tank. Fuel from this tank had never been used by this pilot since he purchased the aircraft two weeks earlier. Shortly after breaking ground the engine quit. Although the pilot switched back to the right tank, the engine did not recover before an emergency landing was made. During the emergency landing the aircraft flipped over on its back. The aircraft had last been inspected eighteen months prior to the accident. The pilot's student certificate had expired on August 31, 1985.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9275B
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17555075
- Airframe hours
- 2,421
- Engine
- Continental GO-300A, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Terry J. Montambo
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 26, 1985 · 3 hours before
- Airport
- 31C · Northside Muskegon, runway 34, 2,400 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 303 total · 1 in this make and model · 290 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N9275B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.