# Accident 19990808011139A: Cessna 172N, Hot Springs, AR, August 8, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1999, 15:24 local time
- Place: Hot Springs, AR
- Airport: Memorial Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Location: 34.4999° N, 93.0505° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4999&lon=-93.0505&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737JP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N737JP-2014-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99LA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA213) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990808011139A

## Narrative

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

ROUGH ENGINE, ACFT HIT POWER LINE AND GROUND LOOPED ON LANDING. (-23)ON AUGUST 8, 1999, AT 1524 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172N AIRPLANE, N737JP, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A LOSS OF POWER NEAR HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS.  THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AREO CENTER INC. OF MAGNOLIA ARKANSAS, AND OPERTAED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL.  THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  THE PILOT STATED THE AIRPLANE WAS AT 3,000 FEET AGL WHEN HE OBSERVED THE FUEL INDICATORS WERE READING "EMPTY". HE ADDED, THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS IN THE BOTH POSITION, THE AIRPLANE WAS ABOUT THREE MILES FROM MEMORIAL FIELD AIRPORT WHEN THE "ENGINE SPUTTERED" AND LOST POWER. DURING THE FORCED LANDING THE AIRPLANE CONTACTED A POWERLINE, AND CAME TO REST IN THE FIELD.  INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND NO FUEL PRESENT IN EITHER TANK, OR AT THE SITE.

## 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 FTW99LA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA213), Aug 8, 1999: Cessna 172N (N737JP), Hot Springs, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to refuel the airplane which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a total loss of engine power. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.

## Other reports on N737JP (2)

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

- [Incident 19810424026179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810424026179I), Apr 24, 1981: Cessna 172N (N737JP), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. During roll out aircraft veered to right striking wind sock.
- [Incident 19790517026979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790517026979I), May 17, 1979: Cessna 172N (N737JP), Mcpherson, KS, Minor damage. Aircraft struck by peak gust of wind while taxiing.

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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