Accident Cessna 180 N1655C, Tuesday 26 June 1990

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Date:	Tuesday 26 June 1990
Time:	16:00 LT
Type:	Cessna 180
Owner/operator:	Mardis, Nicky Lee
Registration:	N1655C
MSN:	30355
Year of manufacture:	1953
Total airframe hrs:	5500 hours
Engine model:	Continental O-470-K
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Goddard, KS - United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Cheyenne Spring, CO
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, AT ABOUT 350 FEET AGL, THE ENGINE FAILED. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED, SHORT OF THE RUNWAY, RESULTING IN A NOSE OVER IN A PLOWED FIELD. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED A LOOSE FUEL STRAINER SCREEN HAD TURNED SIDEWAYS IN THE LINE AND RESTRICTED THE FUEL FLOW.

Probable Cause: FUEL STARVATION DUE TO A LOOSE FUEL STRAINER SCREEN. A FACTOR RELATED TO THIS ACCIDENT WAS LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN FOR A FORCED LANDING.

Accident investigation: