- Date
- August 28, 1990, 16:38 local (21:38 UTC)
- Place
- Baraboo, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N420ABrose Cirrus VK-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900828037079A
- Case key
- 14483
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight and misjudgement of the amount of fuel on board, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and loss of engine power, due to an inadequate supply of fuel. The inoperative fuel totalizer was a related factor.
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
While the amateur built aircraft was in cruise flight, a total loss of engine power occurred, and a forced landing was initiated. The landing was made in an open field with the landing gear retracted. The aircraft slid approximately 300 feet after initial touchdown and came to rest in a ditch after the left wing struck a scrub tree. The aircraft received substantial damage; however, the pilot and one passenger reported no injuries. Subsequent investigation revealed no usable fuel on board the aircraft. The pilot stated that the fuel totalizer had not been working for several days and that he was forced to use visual estimates of the fuel status.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N420A
- Reported as
- Brose Cirrus VK-30 (CIRRUS VK-)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 0001
- Airframe hours
- 63
- Engine
- Allison 250-B17C, 420 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donall A. Brose
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · July 23, 1990 · 63 hours before
- Airport
- C85 · Baraboo
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,209 total · 61 in this make and model · 1,209 as pilot in command · 61 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSN, 30 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.