# Accident 20030309003039A: Cessna 172H, Camben, SC, March 9, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2003, 12:56 local time
- Place: Camben, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N3287L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3287L-2013-02-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 204 total, 194 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030309003039A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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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