- Date
- September 25, 1992, 15:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Moab, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2553NCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920925042199A
- Case key
- 42912
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion resulting from inaccurate fuel consumption calculations by the pilot. A factor relating to the accident was the terrain condition (ditch) in the landing area.
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 took off on a VFR x-country flt with one useable fuel tank and calculated he had enough fuel to reach the destination with reserve fuel. He made an approach to land at the destination, decided to go-around, and the engine lost power during the turn to crosswind. The pilot initiated a forced landing in a field. The acft impacted a ditch during landing roll and nosed over. Examination of the acft after the accident revealed there was no usable fuel in the tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2553N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12809
- Airframe hours
- 3,052
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hering, Karl H.
- Registered owner
- Hering, Karl H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 6, 1991 · 69 hours before
- Departed
- 1L7 · Escalante, UT
- Airport
- CNY · Canyonlands
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 219 total · 137 in this make and model · 196 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GJT, 60 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.