# Accident 20010505039869A: Cessna 172E, Soldotna, AK, May 5, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2001, 13:00 local time
- Place: Soldotna, AK
- Airport: Soldotna
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.4761° N, 151.0325° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.4761&lon=-151.0325&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5530T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5530T-2005-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 250 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC01LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010505039869A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC DEPARTED FROM THE CHUITNA LODGE ENROUTE TO THE SOLDOTNA AIRPORT. APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO MAKE THE SOLDOTNA AIRPORT BUT STALLED CLOSE TO THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND BROKE THE TAIL SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PIC SUSTAINED INJURIES AND HIS SON, THE ONLY OTHER PASSENGER RECEIVED SOME SMALL CUTS.

## 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 ANC01LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA054), May 5, 2001: Cessna 172 (N5530T), Soldotna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to refuel the airplane, and subsequent fuel exhaustion. A factor in the accident was an inadvertent stall during an emergency descent/landing.

## Other reports on N5530T (2)

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

- [Accident 19870819047019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870819047019A), Aug 19, 1987: Cessna 172E (N5530T), Clear, AK, Substantial damage. The pilot stalled the aircraft on go around. Struck trees after loss of control.
- [Incident 19780801047639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780801047639I), Aug 1, 1978: Cessna 172E (N5530T), Fairfield, ID. Failed to apply carb heat, develdped carb ice, landed without incident.

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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