ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356452
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| Date: | Wednesday 27 November 1996 |
| Time: | 14:05 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172H |
| Owner/operator: | Howell's Aircraft Service |
| Registration: | N2440L |
| MSN: | 17255640 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3484 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-300-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hammond, LA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Grand Prairie, TX (GPM |
| (0R9) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Approximately 5 miles west of the destination airport, the airplane experienced a loss of engine power. The pilot landed the airplane in a field, and during the landing roll, the left wing struck a concrete pump house. The FAA inspector on the scene reported that he checked the fuel tanks and found 'no fuel in the right wing tank' and 'about a cup' of fuel in the left wing tank. The pilot 'thought the aircraft was full of fuel' when he began the flight. He told the FAA inspector that he had made 'a visual check of the fuel in the tanks' during his preflight. The operator of the airplane reported that the airplane had been 'topped off' the day before the accident and then flown .7 hours. The airplane was not refueled after the .7 hour flight. The accident flight lasted 4.1 hours. The operating handbook for the Cessna 172H shows that at a cruising altitude of 5,000 feet and an engine power setting of 2,500 RPM, a Cessna 172H will have an endurance of 4.8 hours.
Probable Cause: the pilot's inadequate preflight, resulting in the total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW97LA050
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 May 2000 | N2440L | North Texas Flying Club | 0 | MESQUITE, Texas | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Mar-2024 07:22 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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