Forney F-1 N7551C

Summary

On 25 August 1996 at about 21:20 local time, a Forney F-1 registered N7551C was involved in an accident near Bozeman, Montana, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

25 August 1996 at 21:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Bozeman, Montana, United States

Coordinates

45.7701, -110.9295

Aircraft

Forney F-1

Registration

N7551C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Townsend → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA96LA203

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's failure to adequately service the engine with oil before flight, which resulted in a loss of oil pressure and a subsequent forced landing. The high vegetation and embankment at the forced landing site were related factors.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot shut down the engine and made a forced landing on a dirt road after losing oil pressure in cruise flight. The airplane sustained substantial damage when it contacted sage brush, which forced it off the right side of the road and down an embankment. According to the pilot, the dip stick indicated the airplane had 2.3 quarts of oil remaining after the forced landing. The pilot noted that after the airplane was recovered, the dip stick indicated 1.5 quarts. He had departed on the flight with the dip stick indicating 2.4 quarts of oil in a system that he believed to have 4.25 quarts capacity. Type Certificate Data Sheet information stated that the oil capacity was 5 quarts on this installation. Two quarts was considered to be minimum operating oil supply.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.