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FAA accident report · Cessna 172H · Camben, SC · March 9, 2003

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Date
March 9, 2003 · 12:56 local
Place
Camben, SC
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3287L
Reported as
Cessna 172H
Reported engine
Continental O300D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
204 total194 in this make and model65 in the last 90 days
N3287LRegistration cancelled Feb 25, 2013 · Cessna 172HS/N 17256187 · Built 1967Airframe modelCessna 172HEngine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot departed myrtle beach airport, SC (cre) for camden airport (cdn), SC. Approximately 3 miles from the camden airport the engine lost power. Pilot flew a controlled crash landing into a wooded area. (.19) on March 8, 2003, at 0056 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172, N3287L, registered to and operated by a private pilot, collided with trees during an emergency landing following a loss of engine power near camden, south carolina. The personal flight was operated under the provisions of title 14 CFR part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane was substantially damaged. The private pilot and his passenger were not injured. The flight departed north myrtle beach, south carolina, at 2330. The personal flight was several miles from the destination airport in camden when the engine lost power. Efforts by the pilot to restore engine power failed. The airplane collided with and was lodged in the tops of trees about three miles short of the runway. During the wreckage recovery operation, no fuel was recovered from the fuel system.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED MYRTLE BEACH AIRPORT, SC (CRE) FOR CAMDEN AIRPORT (CDN), SC. APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES FROM THE CAMDEN AIRPORT THE ENGINE LOST POWER. PILOT FLEW A CONTROLLED CRASH LANDING INTO A WOODED AREA. (.19) ON MARCH 8, 2003, AT 0056 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 172, N3287L, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER NEAR CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. VISUAL WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA, AT 2330. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS SEVERAL MILES FROM THE DESTINATION AIRPORT IN CAMDEN WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER. EFFORTS BY THE PILOT TO RESTORE ENGINE POWER FAILED. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH AND WAS LODGED IN THE TOPS OF TREES ABOUT THREE MILES SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. DURING THE WRECKAGE RECOVERY OPERATION, NO FUEL WAS RECOVERED FROM THE FUEL SYSTEM.