- Date
- October 2, 1982, 19:10 local (Oct 3, 1982, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Foyil, OK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1606CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821002050199A
- Case key
- 70735
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that he had 20 gal of fuel on board when he took off. He climbed to 10,000 ft for a parachute jump, then returned to the airport with an estimated 10 gal of fuel. During a downwind landing, he elected to go around. He said the engine lost power as he was climbing through about 75 ft AGL. A forced landing was made in a small pasture. Initially, the mishap was reported as an incident. Before the aircraft was examined, wings had been removed and the aircraft and wings had been transported from the accident site. When examined, both wing tanks were empty, except a small amount of 100 low lead (blue) fuel was found in the right wing tank. Fluid taken from the lines to the left wing tanks had the appearance of automotive fuel. The owner reported that automotive fuel had previously been used. No fuel was found in the carburetor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1606C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30306
- Airframe hours
- 5,082
- Engine
- Continental O-470-J, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- J.M. & Helen Dufriend
- Registered owner
- J.M. & Helen Dufriend
- Departed
- Foyil, OK
- Destination
- Foyil, OK
- Airport
- runway 17, 3,000 × 0 ft, gravel
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 385 total · 55 in this make and model · 280 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 172 °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 N1606C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.