ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236076
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| Date: | Friday 15 May 2020 |
| Time: | 16:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172M Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N92036 |
| MSN: | 17261541 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3948 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-E2D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Argyle Lake State Park, near Colchester, McDonough County, IL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Colusa, IL (IL84) |
| Macomb Municipal Airport, IL (MQB/KMQB) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot reported that he checked the fuel tanks prior to takeoff. It was dark in the hangar where he used a wire to check the fuel level in the fuel tanks. He was not wearing his glasses and he thought he had "an inch or so" of fuel. The pilot thought that was enough fuel and departed on a cross country flight. During the flight, the engine "sputtered" and lost power. The pilot turned the airplane towards the destination airport but lost airspeed, so he lowered the airplane's nose and conducted a forced landing into the trees below. A postaccident examination revealed that the airplane sustained substantial empennage, fuselage, and wing damage. The fuel tanks were empty and there was no fuel odor anywhere at the accident scene. The pilot reported that there was no mechanical malfunction/failure of the airplane during the flight.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight of the fuel quantity which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation during cruise flight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN20CA181
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=92036
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2020 05:02 | Geno | Added |
| 16-May-2020 09:26 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Source, Damage] |
| 17-May-2020 00:00 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2021 19:55 | aaronwk | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jul-2022 08:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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