Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Pickett, Wisconsin 54964
Tuesady, July 27, 1993 16:45 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE FLIGHT DEPARTED ALMA, MICHIGAN AT 1305 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME WITH 30 GALLONS OF FUEL. AT 1645 THE AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL POWER LOSS AND A FORCED LANDING WAS PERFORMED IN ROUGH TERRAIN ONE MILE WEST OF PICKETT, WISCONSIN, APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES SHORT OF THE INTENDED DESTINATION. NO USABLE FUEL WAS REMAINING IN EITHER FUEL TANK.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PLANNING WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN FOR A FORCED LANDING WAS A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/27/1993
Event Day of the Week Tuesday
Time of Event 1645
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City PICKETT
Event State WISCONSIN
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 54964
Event Date Year 1993
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1730 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 55
Weather Observation Facility ID OSH
Elevation of weather observation facility 808
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 15
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 15000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 3500
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Overcast
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 12
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 28
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 21
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 210
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 8
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 6007
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jul 27 1993 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1740
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 51148
Date of most recent change to record Dec 11 2000 1:28PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number CFNVM
NTSB Number CHI93LA288
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed VFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name MURPHY
Aircraft Model REBEL
Aircraft Series Identifier REBEL
Aircraft Serial Number 86
Certified Max Gross Weight 1450
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class Foreign Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? Yes
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Unknown
Date of Last Inspection Jan 2 2000 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 40
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name COGHLIN, RICHARD & PAUL
Aircraft Owner Street Address RR #1
Aircraft Owner City ATWOOD, ONTARIO
Aircraft Owner State CD
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode N0G1B0
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name COGHLIN, RICHARD & PAUL
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address RR #1
Operator City ATWOOD, ONTARIO
Operator State CD
Operator Country
Operator Zip code N0G1B0
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code AMN
Departure City ALMA
Departure State MI
Departure Country
Departure Time 1405
Departure Time Zone EDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code OSH
Destination City OSHKOSH
Destination State WI
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:34AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --