- Date
- January 7, 1985, 20:30 local (Jan 8, 1985, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- North East, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N91046Cessna C207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 35821
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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 acft was damaged during a forced landing in a grape vineyard. The plt stated that a ttl loss of pwr occurred during an apch to erie int'l arpt while passing through 3200 ft MSL. The plt performed emergency procedures and was able to regain partial pwr which was insufficient to maintain alt. The plt reported that the loss of pwr occurred due to a failure of the eng driven fuel pump. He continued to state that a blockage in the fuel line prevented the aux fuel pump from operating normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91046
- Reported as
- Cessna C207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 207-00033
- Airframe hours
- 7,581
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Carroll Air Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 28, 1984 · 59 hours before
- Departed
- ROC · Rochester, NY
- Destination
- ERI · Erie, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,508 total · 4,248 in this make and model · 11,062 as pilot in command · 373 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 270° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ERI