# Accident 20010601014089A: Cessna 172M, Pingree, ID, June 1, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2001, 13:10 local time
- Place: Pingree, ID
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1166° N, 112.5986° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pingree, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1166&lon=-112.5986&mi=10
- Aircraft: CFDGH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Pilot certificates: Student
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010601014089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 1, 2001, APPROX. 1310 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172M, C-FDGH REGISTERED TO DAN AIR LIMITED AND BEING OPERATED/FLOWN BY A CANADIAN CERTIFICATED PILOT WAS SUBSTANTILLY DAMAGED WHEN IT NOSE OVER DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER WHILE ON A DESCENT FOR LANDING NEAR PINGREE, ID. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED.  VMC CONDITIONS EXISTED AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS IN EFFECT.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED GREAT FALLS, MT. AT 1008 ON THE MORNING OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE PILOT DEPARTED EDMONTON, ALBERTA WITH FULL FUEL (48 GALS USABLE) STOPPING AT DRUMHELLER, ALBERTA; CUT BANK, MT. AND FINALLY GREAT FALLS, MT.  HE REPORTED PURCHASING 12 GALS. OF FUEL AT GREAT FALLS BEFORE DEPARTING TO POCATELLO, ID.  APPROX. 20 MILES OUT OF POCATELLO THE ENGINE QUIT. HE EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING IN A POTATO FIELD, IN SOFT UNEVEN TERRAIN AND NOSED OVER. AT THE SITE THERE WAS NO FUEL SPILL, NO FUEL IN TANKS OR LINES WHEN THE WINGS WERE REMOVED.  THE FUEL LINE TO CARBURETOR HAD APPROX. 4 1/2 OZ. OF FUEL THAT DRAINED WHEN THE LINE WAS REMOVED. REPORT WILL BE AMENDED UPON RECEIPT OF FURTHER INFORMATION.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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