# Accident 19930516013879A: Cessna 172E, Manassas, VA, May 16, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1993, 15:12 local time
- Place: Manassas, VA
- Airport: Manassas Municipal/Harry P Davis
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7468° N, 77.4826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manassas, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7468&lon=-77.4826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5416T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5416T-1993-09-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 295 total, 151 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO93LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930516013879A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST POWER EN ROUTE.HAD ESTIMATED FUEL BUT RAN OUT 1MI SHORT OF AIRPORT. COLLIDED WITH TREES. FELL TO GROUND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB BFO93LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA090), May 16, 1993: Cessna 172E (N5416T), Manassas, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PLANNING/PREPARATION, WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION, DUE TO AN INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FUEL.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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