- Date
- February 3, 1991, 16:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Browning, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5516MAero Commander 100
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910203001359A
- Case key
- 15006
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Probable cause
Fuel starvation due to a blocked fuel vent. A factor related to the accident was unsuitable 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
After about 15 minutes into a cross-country flight the pilot said that the engine began to lose power, then quit. An emergency landing was attempted in a pasture which resulted in substantial damaged and minor injuries to the pax. Post accident investigation revealed plastic wrapping around the juncture of the left stabilizer and fuselage, which the pilot said blew across his path on takeoff. The fuel tank vent is located midway between the landing gear legs. No mechanical malfunction nor fuel supply shortage was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5516M
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 100
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 115
- Airframe hours
- 1,600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Vance D. Baugher
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 4, 1990 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- TRX · Trenton, MO
- Destination
- HAE · Hannibal, MO
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,618 total · 219 in this make and model · 2,598 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Observed at
- IRK, 40 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.