- Date
- May 7, 1988, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Moline, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N647MACessna 205
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880507013069A
- Case key
- 13854
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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
During initial climb on a pleasure flight the airplane experienced a loss of fuel pressure and then total engine failure. The airplane nosed over during the subsequent off airport landing. Post accident examination of the engine driven fuel pump revealed internal bearing failure which caused the pump shaft to seize.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N647MA
- Reported as
- Cessna 205
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0380
- Airframe hours
- 3,041
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-S, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cdn Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- C D N Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 29, 1988 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- MLI
- Airport
- MLI · Moline, runway 9, 8,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 41
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,580 total · 230 in this make and model · 1,580 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 11 knots, gusting 7
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.