# NTSB CHI88DEE04: Cessna 205, N647MA, Moline, IL, May 7, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: May 7, 1988, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place: Moline, IL
- Coordinates: 41.479862, -90.479598 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4799&lon=-90.4796&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 4, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13854
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88DEE04
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13854/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88DEE04

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, takeoff - initial climb
  - fuel system,pump - seized (cause)
  - fuel system,electric boost pump - not engaged (cause)
  - emergency procedure - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - none suitable (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N647MA-1990-01-16), registration cancelled 1990-01-16, S/N 2050380 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 205
- Registry model: [Cessna 210-5(205)](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5-205) (registry code 2073202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0380
- Airframe hours: 3041
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880507013069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880507013069A), May 7, 1988: Cessna 2105, Moline, IL, Destroyed. Lost fuel pressure on climbout and engine quit. Nosed over landing in parking lot. Fuel pump shaft had siezed.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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