# Accident 19950729020269A: Cessna 172, Niles, MI, July 29, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1995, 12:25 local time
- Place: Niles, MI
- Airport: Jerry Tyler Memorial Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8295° N, 86.2391° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8295&lon=-86.2391&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7295A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7295A-2015-01-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 167 total, 73 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95LA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA248) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950729020269A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER AFTER OVER FLYING DESTINATION BY SIX MILES. NOSED OVER LANDING. FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY. (-23) ON JULY 29, 1995, A CESSNA 172, N7295A, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, RUSSEL H. DENNISON, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING AN OFF-AIRPORT FORCED LANDING. THE PILOT REPORTED TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED AT 1125 CDT AT NILES, MICHIGAN. THE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES AND THE SOLE PASSENER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM CLINTONVILLE, MICHIGAN AT 0825 CDT.

## 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 CHI95LA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA248), Jul 29, 1995: Cessna 172 (N7295A), Niles, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to ensure an adequate supply of fuel was aboard the aircraft during preflight planning and his failure to lean the engine mixture during cruise flight.

## Other reports on N7295A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19751016032949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751016032949A), Oct 16, 1975: Cessna 172 (N7295A), Lake Hawkins, TX, Destroyed. Acft stolen,crashed in lake when eng quit.

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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