- Date
- August 10, 1984, 09:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Adel, OR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6183XBeech C-23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840810043799A
- Case key
- 39986
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Fuel consumption calculations - inaccurateCause
Fluid,fuel - exhaustion
Forced landing
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - mountainous/hilly
Terrain condition - high vegetation
Analysis
Plt made forced landing in sagebrush covered hilly terrain following a ttl loss of pwr resulting from fuel exhaustion.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6183X
- Reported as
- Beech C-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-2350
- Airframe hours
- 562
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-AYK, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Salt Lake City Beechcraft
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 21, 1983 · 72 hours before
- Departed
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- LKV · Lakeview, OR
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- None
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 98 total · 54 in this make and model · 47 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.