Cessna 140 N2562N

Summary

On 5 September 1983 at about 22:10 local time, a Cessna 140 registered N2562N was involved in an accident near Waynesville, Ohio, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 September 1983 at 22:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Waynesville, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Waynesville (401)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 140

Registration

N2562N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Camplake → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI83LA414

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT REPORTED THAT WHILE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO LAND, HE SLIPPED THE ACFT ON DOWNWIND, AND AGAIN ON FINAL APCH, TO LOSE ALTITUDE. ALSO, HE STATED THAT THE RIGHT CONTROL WHEEL HAD HIT AN ATTACHE' CASE ON THE RIGHT SEAT & THE APCH WAS NOT GOOD, SO HE ELECTED TO GO-AROUND. AS THE ACFT CROSSED THE EAST END OF THE RWY, THE ENG QUIT & RESTARTED AGAIN. SINCE HE KNEW THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS NEARLY EMPTY, HE DID NOT SWITCH FUEL TANKS. HE 'BEGAN A SHALLOW RIGHT TURN TO BE SURE THAT THE FUEL IN THE RIGHT TANK WAS BACK AT THE TANK OUTLET.' THE ENG STARTED & QUIT SEVERAL TIMES. THEN THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES. THE PLT RECOMMENDED MAKING MORE FUEL STOPS, BUT REPORTED THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH PLACES WITH 80 OCTANE FUEL. REPORTEDLY, THE FUEL SUPPLY WAS LOW ENOUGH TO ALLOW UNPORTING OF THE LINE INLET IN THE TANK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.