- Date
- October 5, 1992, 15:19 local (20:19 UTC)
- Place
- Waukesha, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N99256Univair 415C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921005041089A
- Case key
- 15602
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate remedial actions and his misjudged emergency procedure (approach to landing).
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 was nearing a controlled airport at 3000' AGL when the engine begin to lose power. The engine soon quit, and the pilot made an approach to runway 36. He misjudged his approach, overshot final approach, and landed in soft terrain adjacent to runway 36. An examination of the airplane and engine disclosed no preimpact mechanical deficiencies. The main fuselage fuel tank was empty of usable fuel. The wing tanks were nearly full, but the selector switch which controls the fuel flow from the wing tanks to the fuselage tank was found in the 'off' position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99256
- Reported as
- Univair 415C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1879
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carter Aero Club
- Registered owner
- Carter Aero Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- CGX · Chicago, IL
- Destination
- 92C · Pulaski, WI
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- EUS · Waukesha County, runway 36, 3,599 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 79 total · 74 in this make and model · 45 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UES, 1 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.