- Date
- February 17, 1985, 12:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Williston, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3891DCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850217003299A
- Case key
- 31228
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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.
Analysis
The plt took off with the fuel selector on 'both' and at 300 feet AGL switched the fuel selector to 'left'. The selector was still on 'left' when engine lost power at the beginning of the base leg. The plt tried to reach the rwy but collided with edge of limestone pit about 1000 ft from the apch end of rwy. Investigation disclosed left fuel tank was empty and there were aprx 4 gals in the right tank. Evidence suggests the acft crashed in a very steep flt path, slightly nose high attitude and almost no forward velocity.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3891D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34591
- Airframe hours
- 30,234
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Williston Skydivers,Inc
- Registered owner
- Gene E. Strickland
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 3, 1984 · 78 hours before
- Airport
- X60 · Williston Municipal
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
- 38
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 558 total · 38 in this make and model · 413 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 22 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.