Cessna 402B accident near Moline, Illinois, August 7, 1985
On August 7, 1985 at about 10:57 am local time, a Cessna 402B, registered N100FG, was substantially damaged in an accident near Moline, Illinois (Quad City airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- August 7, 1985 · about 10:57 am local time
- Place
- Moline, Illinois · Quad City · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 402B · all 402Bs on the register
- Registration
- N100FG · registry record · serial 0234
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE ACFT WAS LANDED ON SOFT TERRAIN 1500 FT SHORT OF THE RWY FOLLOWING A TOTAL LOSS OF PWR. THE PLT REPORTED HE FAILED TO USE FUEL FROM THE AUX TANKS DURING THE FLT AND HE EXHAUSTED THE FUEL IN THE MAIN TANKS. THE FUEL BOOST PUMPS ARE LOCATED IN THE MAIN TANKS AND THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO GET FUEL TO THE ENGINES FAST ENOUGH FOR A RESTART.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; single-engine sea; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 20,557 hours in all; 2,349 in this make and model; 175 in the last 90 days; 20,464 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 4,686 hours
- Last inspection: 100-hour inspection, July 8, 1985; 98 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 6,300 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Continental TSIO-520-E (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: MDW Chicago IL at 10:00 am
- Destination: MLI Moline IL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 27, 6,507 ft by 150 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: night, bright
- Wind: from 240° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Sky: scat at 4,000 ft
- Temperature: 64°F (18°C), dew point 64°F (18°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observation at 10:52 am from MLI
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N100FG the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number CHI85LA337.