- Date
- July 19, 1990, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Orr, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2134ZCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900719027619A
- Case key
- 14713
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to perform fuel consumption calculations which resulted in fuel exhaustion and subsequent loss of engine power. Factor was rough/uneven terrain.
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
The float equipped accident airplane nosed over during a forced landing attempt to a creek, after an engine failure. The pilot stated in an interview that on the day before the accident he had departed a seaplane base with full fuel tanks for a flight to another lake. The following day he returned to his departure point using an unfamiliar route and became disorientated. The pilot also stated that he suspected either a loose gas cap or a fuel leak as a cause of his fuel exhaustion.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2134Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51234
- Engine
- Continental O-470K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cleon O. Garley
- Departed
- NONE · Atikokan
- Destination
- 8Y8 · Crane Lake, MN
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 930 total · 700 in this make and model · 5 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N2134Z · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.