- Date
- March 2, 1980
- Place
- Spearfish, SD · SPEARFISH, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5161DCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800302004369A
- Case key
- 136317
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1337 80/3/2 SPEARFISH,SD CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 428 TIME - 1430 N5161D PX- 0 0 0 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 49 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLACK HILLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPEARFISH,SD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG LOST PWR DRG DSCNT W 2GAL USABLE FUEL RMNG.DRG TEST W NOSE 12DEG LOW,NO FUEL FLOW TO ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5161D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Black Hills
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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 N5161D · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.