- Date
- April 28, 1985, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Pittstown, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5685BCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850428015889A
- Case key
- 35864
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that he preflighted the acft & decided there was sufficient fuel to haul skydivers on 2 more flts. On the 2nd flt, he had to make three passes instead of one. During the apch to the arpt, the eng lost power from fuel exhaustion. The plt tried to reach the rwy, but landed short on plowed terrain. The wheels dug into the plowed terrain, the nose gear collapsed & the acft nosed over. The plt had planned a fuel consumption rate of 12.1 gal/hr. However, the actual fuel consumption (after installation of a new eng) was 12.8 gal/hr.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5685B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33685
- Airframe hours
- 6,482
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Beresford P. Mertzger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 10, 1985 · 8 hours before
- Airport
- N40 · Sky Manor, runway 6, 2,439 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 691 total · 305 in this make and model · 580 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F
- Observed at
- 2 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.
Other investigations on N5685B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.