- Date
- February 25, 1989, 12:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- Hudson, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N611CZComposite Aircraft Mfg Cozy
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890225004149A
- Case key
- 34755
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Probable cause
Improper preflight by the pilot which resulted in an inadequate fuel supply and fuel exhaustion.
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 pilot said that while flying an experimental cozy acft on a local flight, the engine quit. An emergency ldg was attempted in a farm field and the left gear was torn off and the wings damaged in addition to other substantial damage. Post accident investigation revealed the fuel tanks were empty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N611CZ
- Reported as
- Composite Aircraft Mfg Cozy
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 61
- Airframe hours
- 4
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Composite Aircraft Mfg Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1985
- Departed
- ALO · Waterloo, IA
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 196 total · 4 in this make and model · 153 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALO, 15 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.