- Date
- July 20, 1992, 08:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Twin Falls, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N78734Cessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920720026029A
- Case key
- 42857
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to refuel resulting in fuel exhaustion and the unsuitable terrain encountered during the 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
The pilot of the Cessna ag truck stated that he departed with 50 gallons of fuel and flew for one and a half hours, conducting agricultural operations. He stated that he had a power loss during a pull up and made a forced landing attempt. A total of approximately four gallons of fuel were drained from the aircraft when it was recovered, and the engine was run with no apparent mechanical discrepancies noted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78734
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1880156T
- Airframe hours
- 4,704
- Engine
- Continental IO-520D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- David S. Simpson, doing business as Simpson Aviation
- Registered owner
- David S. Simpson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 3, 1992 · 243 hours before
- Departed
- U03 · Buhl, ID
- Destination
- U03
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
- 38
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 3,200 in this make and model · 4,750 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 80 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TWF, 3 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.