Accident Cessna 180 N3859C, Monday 9 April 1984

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Date:	Monday 9 April 1984
Time:	11:10 LT
Type:	Cessna 180
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N3859C
MSN:	31007
Year of manufacture:	1954
Total airframe hrs:	1438 hours
Engine model:	Continental O-470-A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Leonardtown, MD - United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Athens, GA (KAHN)
Destination airport:	Wildwood, NJ (WWD
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE ACFT MADE A FORCED LANDING ABOUT 1 MILE SW OF AN ADDED STOPPING POINT. THE PLT NOTED A LOWER THAN PLANNED GS AND THOUGHT HE SHOULD ADD A STOP FOR FUEL. DURING THE FLT HE HAD ENCOUNTERED ICING AND BECAUSE OF CLIMBS AND DESCENTS TO AVOID WX FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF, THE CARBURETOR HEAT WAS USED WHICH ENRICHED THE MIXTURE. AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE ACFT WAS FOUND TO CONTAIN ABOUT 3 GALLONS OF FUEL. TWO GALLONS IN THE LEFT TANK AND 0NE GALLON IN THE RIGHT TANK.

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