- Date
- April 25, 1990, 08:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place
- Crystal Springs, MS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N61714Cessna 180K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900425011659A
- Case key
- 32648
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Probable cause
Pilots failure to assure that the fuel cap was in position and secured prior to departure. This resulted in fuel siphoning overboard resulting in the precautionary landing.
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
About 1 hr 5 minutes into the flt, the plt observed that the fuel supply was rapidly depleting. He executed a precautionary landing in a gravel pit & after touchdown on the shallow water, the lt pontoon separated. Exam of the acft revealed that the rt wing fuel cap was not secured. Fuel stains aft of the fuel tank were noted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61714
- Reported as
- Cessna 180K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052791
- Airframe hours
- 2,693
- Engine
- Teledyne Cont O-470U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kirkman, Todd A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 23, 1986 · 62 hours before
- Departed
- Harvey, LA
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 700 total · 200 in this make and model · 700 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAN, 25 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.