- Date
- July 7, 1991, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- West Jordan, UT
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N36831Aeronca 65-CA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910707026269A
- Case key
- 41474
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Probable cause
The pilot's delayed switching of the fuel tank selector, the engine failure from fuel starvation and the unsuitable terrain for a forced landing.
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
During cruise flight at a low altitude the pilot exhausted one fuel tank and switched to another tank. The engine did not restart prior to making a forced landing where the aircraft was substantially damaged from a collision with the ground during the landing roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36831
- Reported as
- Aeronca 65-CA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17671
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard Peterson
- Registered owner
- Richard Peterson
- Departed
- 42U · Morgan, UT
- Destination
- UT29 · Tooele, UT
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Flight hours
- 348 total · 323 in this make and model · 326 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.