- Date
- May 28, 1991, 00:24 local (05:24 UTC)
- Place
- Cottage Grove, MN
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5172MBeech C-23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910528017279A
- Case key
- 15074
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's improper pre flight planning and preparation. Factors contributing to this accident were the pilot in command's lack of familiarity with the airplane and improper fuel consumption calculations.
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 pilot airplane was flying a night cross country trip when the engine ceased to operate. He made a forced landing onto a rain soaker plowed field. Upon landing, the airplane rolled a short distance and nosed over. An on scene investigation revealed that the fuel tanks were empty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5172M
- Reported as
- Beech C-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-2046
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- General Avaition Services
- Registered owner
- General Avaition Services
- Departed
- DLH · Duluth, MN
- Destination
- FCM · Eden Prairie, 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
- 20
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 74 total · 3 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- FCM, 25 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.