- Date
- January 25, 1984, 14:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Bend, OR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2223SCessna T21OL
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840125001349A
- Case key
- 39866
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The plt reported that he departed boulder city, NV with 92 gal of fuel on board. About 4 hrs & 10 min later, he was forced to land when the eng lost power from fuel exhaustion. According to him, the fuel gages had been indicating normal with an indication of 18 gal in the left tank & 12 gal in the right. During the landing at a nearby strip, he delayed extending the landing gear to assure clearing a fence. However, the acft touched down before the gear was fully extended. According to the operating handbook, the acft should have consumed about 66 gal of fuel during the flt. A fuel stain & loose rivets were found near an inspection plate under the left wing.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2223S
- Reported as
- Cessna T21OL
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21061168
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-4, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Billy R. Moody
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BLD · Boulder City, NV
- Destination
- RDM · Redmond, OR
- Airport
- 04S · Millican
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
- 56
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20,000 total · 250 in this make and model · 100 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 15 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility
- 47 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ROM, 28 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 N2223S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.