# Incident 19990130000939I: Cessna 172, Apple Creek, OH, January 30, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 1999, 12:30 local time
- Place: Apple Creek, OH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7489° N, 81.8317° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Apple Creek, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7489&lon=-81.8317&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1782F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1782F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 1,020 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990130000939I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE HAD QUIT AND THE ACFT CRASHED 1 1/S MILES OF THE ARPT AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-5) PILOT HAD FLOWN FOR A LEAST 1.5 HOURS BEFORE  LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH CAK ATCT. PILOT GAVE POSITION TO CAK AS 4 SOUTH OF WAYNE COUNTY AND POSITION WAS 4 SOUTH OF STOLTZFUS. PILOT DID NOT TELL CAK ATCT AMOUNT OF FUEL ON BOARD WHEN QUERIED. PILOT STATED HE HAD FLOWN THE AIRCRAFT ON ANOTHER DAY FOR OVER 1 HOUR. AIRPLANE HAD NOT BEEN REFUELED. PILOT STATED HE PUT FLAPS DOWN TOO EARLY AND COULD NOT MAKE FIELD. ALSO STATED THAT WHEN ENGINE FAILED HE SWITCHED FROM BOTH TO RIGHT TANK. AIRPLANE ENGINE RAN FOR JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES THEN QUIT AND WAS UNABLE TO GET ENGINE RESTARTED. DURING INVESTIGATION WAS ABLE TO START ENGINE. WAS ABLE TO DRAIN ONLY ABOUT 5 GALLONS OF GAS FROM LEFT WING, AIRPLANE WAS LAYING INVERTED IN FIELD PRIOR TO STARTING INVESTIGATION. OWNER MANUAL SHOWS 4 GALLONS UNUSABLE FUEL. DURING INVESTIGATION BEST ESTIMATES DEVELOPED FROM THE FACTS BY THIS INSPECTOR IS THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD FLOWN FOR AT LEAST 3 TO 3.5 HOURS. HOURS OF FUEL WITH FULL TANKS IS BETWEEN 3.5 AND 4 HOURS.

## Other reports on N1782F (1)

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

- [Accident 20090703053869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090703053869A), Jul 3, 2009: Cessna 172H (N1782F), Clifton, ME, Destroyed. Pilot lost power shortly after take-off and at approximately 400 feet AGL. Pilot attempted to turn back and land on the lake. The pilot hit a dock on landing…

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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