# NTSB NYC84LA136: Cessna 180, N3859C, Leonardtown, MD, April 9, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 9, 1984, 11:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place: Leonardtown, MD
- Coordinates: 38.290374, -76.639137 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2904&lon=-76.6391&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35534
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA136
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35534/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA136

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - engine instruments,fuel quantity gage - false indication (contributing factor)
  - fluid,fuel - low level (contributing factor)
  - performance data - inattentive, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - open field (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT MADE A FORCED LANDING ABOUT 1 MILE SW OF AN ADDED STOPPING POINT. THE PLT NOTED A LOWER THAN PLANNED GS AND THOUGHT HE SHOULD ADD A STOP FOR FUEL. DURING THE FLT HE HAD ENCOUNTERED ICING AND BECAUSE OF CLIMBS AND DESCENTS TO AVOID WX FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF, THE CARBURETOR HEAT WAS USED WHICH ENRICHED THE MIXTURE. AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE ACFT WAS FOUND TO CONTAIN ABOUT 3 GALLONS OF FUEL. TWO GALLONS IN THE LEFT TANK AND 0NE GALLON IN THE RIGHT TANK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3859C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3859C), registered now, S/N 31007, built 1954 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 31007
- Airframe hours: 1438
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-A 225 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert A. Fritz
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 10, 1984, 30 hours before
- Departed: AHN, ATHENS, GA
- Destination: WWD, WILDWOOD, NJ
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: 2W6, St. Mary'S Co.

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 1,824 total, 1,344 in this make and model, 1,769 as pilot in command, 34 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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