- Date
- May 28, 1983, 07:33 local (14:33 UTC)
- Place
- Cottage Grove, OR
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4468KRyan-Navion NAV 4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830528021699A
- Case key
- 39645
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft made a forced landing in a hay field and collaped the landing gear after the engine quit at 500 ft AGL during takeoff climb. During an on scene investigation there was no fuel visible in the rt wing tank. The left wing tank has nofiller access but is connected to the rt tank by a 2 inch connecting hose with a half gallon header tank between them. There was no fuel in the wing tip tanks. The fuel selector was on main tanks. There was no fuel in the fuel lines to thecarburetor. There was about 1 ounce of fuel in the carburetor. The mechanics who removed the acft said they found a total of about 4 gallons of fuel in the system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4468K
- Reported as
- Ryan-Navion NAV 4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NAV-4-1468
- Airframe hours
- 1,528
- Engine
- Continental E-185-9, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harold G. Davis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1983 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- Cottage Grove, OR
- Airport
- Cottage Grove, runway 17, 3,200 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 230 total · 160 in this make and model · 187 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.