THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO PERFORM FUEL CONSUMPTION CALCULATIONS WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION AND SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. FACTOR WAS ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN.
— NTSB Determination
THE FLOAT EQUIPPED ACCIDENT AIRPLANE NOSED OVER DURING A FORCED LANDING ATTEMPT TO A CREEK, AFTER AN ENGINE FAILURE. THE PILOT STATED IN AN INTERVIEW THAT ON THE DAY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT HE HAD DEPARTED A SEAPLANE BASE WITH FULL FUEL TANKS FOR A FLIGHT TO ANOTHER LAKE. THE FOLLOWING DAY HE RETURNED TO HIS DEPARTURE POINT USING AN UNFAMILIAR ROUTE AND BECAME DISORIENTATED. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT HE SUSPECTED EITHER A LOOSE GAS CAP OR A FUEL LEAK AS A CAUSE OF HIS FUEL EXHAUSTION.
THE FLOAT EQUIPPED ACCIDENT AIRPLANE NOSED OVER DURING A FORCED LANDING ATTEMPT TO A CREEK, AFTER AN ENGINE FAILURE. THE PILOT STATED IN AN INTERVIEW THAT ON THE DAY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT HE HAD DEPARTED A SEAPLANE BASE WITH FULL FUEL TANKS FOR A FLIGHT TO ANOTHER LAKE. THE FOLLOWING DAY HE RETURNED TO HIS DEPARTURE…
The accident on 1990-07-19 involved a Cessna 180, registration N2134Z, operated by Cleon O. Garley, at Orr, MN.
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO PERFORM FUEL CONSUMPTION CALCULATIONS WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION AND SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. FACTOR WAS ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN.
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