ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 359893
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| Date: | Saturday 27 August 1994 |
| Time: | 16:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N1106F |
| MSN: | 17254701 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7710 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Whitehall, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Traverse City, MI (TVC |
| Muskegon, MI (KMKG) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY. HE MADE AN INTERMEDIATE STOP WITHOUT REFUELING AND CONTINUED TOWARD HIS POINT OF ORIGIN WITH AN ESTIMATED 10 GALLONS OF FUEL REMAINING ON BOARD. AFTER APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR THE PILOT NOTICED THE FUEL GAUGES INDICATED LOW. HE ATTEMPTED TO CONTINUE TO THE CLOSEST AIRPORT, HIS FUEL WAS EXHAUSTED, AND A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE TO A CROP FIELD. DURING TOUCHDOWN THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER, COMING TO REST INVERTED.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PLANNING. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE FUEL EXHAUSTION AND THE SOFT CROP FIELD.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI94LA301
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 June 1996 | N1106F | Mission Av. Training Service | 0 | Lowell, MI | |
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| 15-Mar-2024 15:41 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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