# Accident 20000628010849A: Cessna 172N, San Antonio, TX, June 28, 2000 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: June 28, 2000, 23:44 local time - Place: San Antonio, TX - Airport: San Antonio International - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Operator: GL8S - Location: 29.5408° N, 98.4896° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5408&lon=-98.4896&mi=10 - Aircraft: N4918G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4918G-2016-06-23) (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 - Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 1,810 total, 400 in this make and model, 280 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA188) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000628010849A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT WHILE PRACTICING DIFFERENT MANEUVERS FOR HIS CHECK RIDE THE NEXT MORNING, THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL. THE PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT ON ROAD AND HIT A SIGNPOST AND THE NOSE GEAR AND LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. (.4)ON JUNE 28, 2000, AT 2344 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172N AIRPLANE, N4918G, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA NEAR SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY ALPHA TANGO FLYING SERVICES, INC., OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE PRIVATE PILOT, WHO WAS RECEIVING INSTRUCTION, WERE NOT INJURED. DARK NIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 2130. ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTOR'S WRITTEN STATEMENT, HE THOUGHT THEY HAD ENOUGH FUEL FOR A 1-HOUR AND 30-MINUTE FLIGHT. HE INTENDED ON FILLING THE FUEL TANKS AT THE STINSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (12 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL). THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FOR A LOCAL INSTRUME NT TRAINING FLIGHT. THE STUDENT EXECUTED HOLDING PROCEDURES AND AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH AT STINSON. THE INSTRUCTOR CRITIQUED THE STUDENT'S FLIGHT AND OVERLOOKED THE FACT THAT THEY STILL HAD NOT REFUELED THE AIRPLANE. THE INSTRUCTOR HAD THE STUDENT FLY TO CASTROVILLE (23 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL, AND 20 NAUTICAL MILES WEST OF STINSON), WHERE THE STUDENT WAS TO PRACTICE ANOTHER INSTRUMENT APPROACH; HOWEVER, UPON ARRIVAL AT CASTROVILLE, THE PILOTS FOUND THE NAVIGATION AID THEY WERE GOING TO USE WAS INOPERATIVE. THE FLIGHT THEN RETURNED TO SAN ANTONIO, WHERE THE INSTRUCTOR HAD THE STUDENT PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APPROACHES. WHILE RECEIVING VECTORS FOR THE LAST INSTRUMENT APPROACH, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. THE INSTRUCTOR REQUESTED PRIORITY HANDLING; HOWEVER, SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE ENGINE LOST TOTAL POWER. THE INSTRUCTOR LANDED THE AIRPLANE IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA WHERE THE RIGHT WING IMPACTED A STREET SIGN AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE FORGOT TO REFUEL THE AIRPLANE BECAUSE HE WAS "FATIGUED," AND "DISTRACTED" WITH THE CRITIQUE OF THE STUDENT'S FLYING. ACCORDING TO THE FAA INSPECTOR, WHO RESPONDED TO THE ACCIDENT SITE,THE RIGHT WING SPAR SUSTAINED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND THE FUEL TANKS WERE FOUND EMPTY. ## 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 FTW00LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA188), Jun 29, 2000: Cessna 172N (N4918G), San Antonio, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to refuel the airplane, which resulted in fuel exhaustion. Contributing factors were the flight instructor's fatigued condition and diverted attention. ## Other reports on N4918G (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20111220028129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111220028129I), Dec 20, 2011: Cessna 172N (N4918G), Spring Branch, TX, Minor damage. Pilot stated he was in bound to ksat (san antonio int.) From kact (waco) on a VFR part 91 pleasure flight; at 1600 hours he stated he started to have… - [Accident 19950908033139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950908033139A), Sep 8, 1995: Cessna 172N (N4918G), Kerrville, TX, Substantial damage. (.4)The airplane was being operated as a personal night cross-country flight. The pilot taxied from the ramp located near the helipad to runway 20 via the… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.