- Date
- April 10, 1986, 16:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Pembina, ND
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N713Wde Havilland DHC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860410010809A
- Case key
- 16947
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fuel system,cap - looseFactor
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Fluid,fuel - siphoningCause
Forced landing
On ground/water collision with object
Object
Analysis
The plt stated the eng quit because the fuel cap had not been properly secured and the fuel had siphoned out in flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N713W
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BF-302
- Airframe hours
- 21
- Engine
- Lycoming GO480F1A6, 275 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eugene Jerde And Thomas Mord
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Departed
- PMB · Pembina, ND
N713WRegistered now · Dehavilland DHC-1 T.MK. 10Airframe modelDehavilland DHC-1 T.MK. 10Engine modelLycoming IO-540 series
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.