- Date
- June 14, 2011, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Glasgow, MT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9802VCessna 188
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Fuel exhaustion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20110614013989A
- Case key
- 80929
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot was flying at 700 feet over a field in order to judge whether it could be sprayed. The engine lost power and the pilot made a forced landing in the field. The airplane landed hard in wet grass, damaging the landing gear and vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported that he had lost track of time and ran out of fuel causing the loss of power. He additionally reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal flight.
Factual narrative
The pilot was flying at 700 feet over a field in order to judge whether it could be sprayed. The engine lost power and the pilot attempted to make a forced landing in a nearby field. The airplane landed hard in wet grass, damaging the landing gear and vertical stabilizer. Upon reflection the pilot reported that he had lost track of time and ran out of fuel causing the loss of power. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe and engine that would have precluded normal flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9802V
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188-0052
- Airframe hours
- 2,878
- Engine
- Cont Motor O-470 SERIES, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Gus T's Aircraft Inc
- Registered owner
- Gus T's Aircraft Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 2010 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- KGGW · Glasgow, MT
- Destination
- KGGW · Glasgow, MT
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- KGGW · Glasgow Internationall Airport
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
- 36
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Last flight review
- June 3, 2011
- Seat
- Single
- Flight hours
- 1,250 total · 75 in this make and model · 1,131 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 254° at 14 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.84 inHg
- Observed at
- KGGW, 5 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 22, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 555 KB in all.
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 N9802V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.