- Date
- August 20, 1988, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hillsboro, OR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N14407Cessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880820037869A
- Case key
- 40870
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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
The pilot reported that the engine lost power during a fuel tank switchover. The aircraft collided with a telephone pole guy wire on the road during the forced landing. The investigation revealed a fuel leak induced when the fuel boost pump was in operation. The leak occurred at the fuel pressure gage line.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14407
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1850676
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-F, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eugene J. Waibel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1987 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- SLE · Salem, OR
- Destination
- HIO · Hillsboro, OR
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 935 total · 141 in this make and model · 912 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 18,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.