- Date
- March 11, 1989, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Murray, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N175RPCessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890311003919A
- Case key
- 34768
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Probable cause
Water contamination of the fuel and the pilot's inadequate preflight of the aircraft. A factor related to the accident was: the ditch in the emergency landing area.
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 said that after about 1 & 1/2 hrs of flt, the eng began to lose power. He elected to make an emergency landing on a county road. During the roll-out, the nose gear struck a drainage ditch, then the acft nosed over & hit a power box. A post-acdnt investigation revealed the fuel was contaminated with water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N175RP
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55390
- Airframe hours
- 2,200
- Engine
- Continental GO-300-A, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mcauliffe, David J.
- Registered owner
- Mcauliffe, David J Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PMV · Plattsmouth, NE
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 190 in this make and model · 16 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.