- Date
- September 6, 1986, 17:00 local (Sep 7, 1986, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- St. John, WA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2262TCessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860906044759A
- Case key
- 40497
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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.
Analysis
After running a fuel tank dry in flight, the plt switched fuel tanks but failed to assure that the fuel selector was in the detent. The engine quit running and a forced landing was made in rough terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2262T
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 185-1420
- Airframe hours
- 1,089
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Schroetlin Brothers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 20, 1986
- Departed
- Garfield, WA
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 966 total · 797 in this make and model · 938 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
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 N2262T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.