- Date
- October 23, 1988, 14:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place
- Trumbauersville, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N185SHCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881023048749A
- Case key
- 36326
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Probable cause
An off airport landing in which the aircraft struck trees and a swing set, following a power loss caused by the failure of the pilot to determine that the fuel selector was in the off position and to turn it on prior to the power loss.
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 took off and engine power was lost approximately 200-250 feet a.g.l. the aircraft struck trees and a swing set during a forced landing in a residential area. The pilot admitted that he took with the fuel selector in the 'off' position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N185SH
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502782
- Airframe hours
- 3,133
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-CD, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Boyd Machine Co., Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 27, 1988 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- IPS9 · Quakertown, PA
- Airport
- Wicker & Wings
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,417 total · 3 in this make and model · 1,863 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N185SH · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.