- Date
- June 6, 1983, 09:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Mcallen, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4016YCessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830606022399A
- Case key
- 20925
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
Fluid,fuel - waterCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The eng quit during climbout. Inspection revealed that the fuel system contained about 50% clear liquid other than gasoline. The acft had sat with its tanks empty for the past 7-10 days.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4016Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 185-0216
- Airframe hours
- 1,400
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-F, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- W. A. Cross
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 22, 1983 · 42 hours before
- Destination
- Veracruz
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MFE · Miller International, runway 18, 3,000 × ft, asphalt
N4016YRegistration cancelled Nov 15, 2012 · Cessna 185Airframe modelCessna 185Engine modelContinental I0-470 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,586 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 15,501 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 13 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MFE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.