# Accident 19960922029249A: Cessna 172D, Germantown Hill, IL, September 22, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1996, 12:15 local time
- Place: Germantown Hill, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7690° N, 89.4630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Germantown Hills, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7690&lon=-89.4630&mi=10
- Aircraft: N904SW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N904SW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,145 total, 495 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA350](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA350) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960922029249A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER 15 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE.LANDED IN TREES.ONLY UNUSABLE FUEL ON BOARD. MISJUDGED FUEL QUANITY. (-23) ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 CDT, A CESSNA 172, N904SW, REGISTERED TO ROBERT A. WERNSMAN, LOST POWER AND LANDED SHORT OF A GRAVEL ROAD IN TREES DURING A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT ON FILE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE SOLE OCCUPANT, KEITH WERNSMAN, A COMMERCIAL PILOT, HAD MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MT. HAWLEY, ILLINOIS, ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1996, AT 1100 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 CHI96LA350](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA350), Sep 22, 1996: Cessna 172D (N904SW), Germantown Hill, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate fuel supply and his misjudging distance and altitude. The trees were a factor.

## Other reports on N904SW (1)

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

- [Incident 20030429024179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030429024179I), Apr 29, 2003: Cessna 172D (N904SW), Lowell, MI, Minor damage. (-23) Making fwd slips no flap landings with student, landed too fast w/o sufficient power reduction, insufficient runway to make go-around (obstructions at…

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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