- Date
- July 8, 1990, 19:30 local (Jul 9, 1990, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Devils Lake, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2087JCessna T-188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900708025419A
- Case key
- 17970
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to refuel, resulting in fuel exhaustion. A forced landing in rough terrain is a factor.
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 commercial pilot was flying to clean his spray equipment. During low level cruise, the engine quit. The pilot stated in a telephone conversation that he had run out of fuel. The pilot selected a field and made a forced landing. During landing roll, the right spray boom dug into the terrain and the plane was twisted, damaging the fuselage, tail section and the main landing gear. The investigation revealed the fuel tanks were empty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2087J
- Reported as
- Cessna T-188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T-18803377T
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-T1, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- William F. Wakefield
- Airport
- NONE
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,031 total · 120 in this make and model · 4,913 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 85 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 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 N2087J · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.