Plane Crash List

Cessna 172 N46094

2 November 1987 · Sweet Springs, Missouri, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 2 November 1987 at about 01:10 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N46094, operated by Hamilton Aviation Inc., was involved in an accident near Sweet Springs, Missouri, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 01:10
Classification
Accident
Location
Sweet Springs, Missouri, United States
Coordinates
38.9605, -93.4102
Aircraft
Cessna 172
Registration
N46094
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Hamilton Aviation Inc.
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Bloomington → Grain Valley
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Night/Dark
NTSB number
MKC88LA013

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
4 0 0 0 4

Probable cause

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

DURING A NIGHT CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT AN EMERGENCY LDG WAS MADE DUE TO COMPLETE POWER FAILURE. PIC SAID HE FAILED TO VISUALLY CHECK FUEL SUPPLY BEFORE DEPARTURE, AND ALSO FAILED TO CHECK WINDS ALOFT, WHICH WERE QUARTERING HEADWINDS, OF TWENTY FIVE KNOTS. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED MINIMAL FUEL, AND NO MECHANICAL COMPONENT FAILURE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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