Cessna 172M N9865Q

Summary

On 1 October 1983 at about 01:00 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N9865Q was involved in an accident near Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 October 1983 at 01:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Coordinates

34.7503, -92.2804

Aircraft

Cessna 172M

Registration

N9865Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Addison → Little Rock

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

FTW83LA447

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

BEFORE TAKEOFF, THE PLT VISUALLY CHECKED THE FUEL. HE BELIEVED THERE WAS SUFFICIENT FUEL ON BOARD FOR THE FLT & REPORTED THAT THE FUEL QUANTITY GAGES AGREED WITH HIS ESTIMATE. ACCORDING TO HIM, THERE WAS 25 TO 30 GAL OF FUEL ON BOARD WHEN HE TOOK OFF & NO MORE THAN 20 GAL SHOULD HAVE BEEN NEED. HOWEVER, BEFORE REACHING THE DESTINATION, THE ENG LOST POWER FROM FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE PLT TRIED TO LAND ON A ROAD AT DUSK, BUT THE ACFT CLIPPED THE TOPS OF TREES, THEN THE PLT MANEUVERED TO AVOID POWER LINES. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT WAS LANDED IN UNDERBRUSH BESIDE THE ROAD. THE PLT SUSPECTED EXCESSIVE FUEL CONSUMPTION, A FUEL LEAK OR FUEL SYPHONING. HOWEVER, NO MALFUNCTION OR LEAKAGE WAS VERIFIED. THE ENG WAS OPERATIONALLY CHECKED & RAN SMOOTHLY AT 900 RPM.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.