- Date
- July 4, 1985, 08:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place
- Blue Rapids, KS
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4482KRyan Navion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850704031429A
- Case key
- 33865
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft eng lost power after a 30 minute flt and a forced landing resulted in an off.-arpt acc. Witnesses at the acc site did not find any fuel in the tanks or evidence of spillage of fuel. An inspection of the eng did not reveal any discrepancies. A certified repair station inspected the carburetor eng driven fuel pump & elec boost pump. The boost pump flowed fuel out the overboard line when at static the plt said a visual pre-flt check of the main fuel tanks indicated aprx 28 gals. He estimated 10 gals in the aux tank based on a previous check.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4482K
- Reported as
- Ryan Navion
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NAV 4-1482
- Airframe hours
- 125,975
- Engine
- Continental E185-3, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dennis & Arle Lamberd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 12, 1984 · 84 hours before
- Departed
- FOE · Topeka, KS
- Destination
- K09 · Hebron, NE
- Airport
- Unknown
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,168 total · 435 in this make and model · 8,875 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 9 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.