# NTSB CHI89LA015: Cessna 175A, N7063E, Wyoming, MN, October 22, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 22, 1988, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Wyoming, MN
- Location: 45.3396° N, 92.9686° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wyoming, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3396&lon=-92.9686&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 3, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14304
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI89LA015
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14304/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA015

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - fuel tank selector position - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - emergency procedure - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of recent experience in type operation, pilot in command
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
- Gear collapsed, landing - roll

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7063E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7063E-1990-03-21), registration cancelled 1990-03-21, S/N 56563 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175A
- Registry model: [Cessna 175A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175a) (registry code 2072504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 56563
- Airframe hours: 1955
- Engines: CONTINENTAL GO-300C 175 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Wilkinson, George R.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 24, 1988, 6 hours before
- Departed: 25D, FOREST LAKE, MN

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 339 total, 141 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 61 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: STP, 24 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19881022047769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881022047769A), Oct 22, 1988: Cessna 175A, Wyoming, MN, Substantial damage. Engine quit due to fuel starvation. Ran tank dry, other low. Fuel unported on diving to restart. Low fuel on takeoff

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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