ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 295752
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| Date: | Sunday 8 June 2003 |
| Time: | 04:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172K |
| Owner/operator: | Stratos Aviation, Inc. |
| Registration: | N78690 |
| MSN: | 17257720 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-E2D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Early, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ballinger, TX (E30) |
| Brownwood Airport, TX (BWD/KBWD) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot reported he was on a cross country flight with a passenger, and was on approach to land at an airport when the engine lost power due to fuel exhaustion. The airport was about a mile away, and he elected to make a forced landing on a dirt road. The airplane collided with trees during the landing, and sustained structural damage.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision, which resulted in a loss of engine power while on approach to land, and subsequent off-airport landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX03LA184
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Oct-2022 12:29 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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