# Accident 20041009034449A: Cessna 172M, Eliot, ME, October 9, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2004, 09:19 local time
- Place: Eliot, ME
- Airport: Littlebrook Air Park Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1725° N, 70.7989° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1725&lon=-70.7989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80657, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80657) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 3,800 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC05CA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041009034449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ RENTED THE AIRCRAFT WITH 1.1 HOURS SINCE BEING TOPPED OFF OSSIPEE VALLEY AVIATION. HE FLEW FROM DAW (SKYHAVEN) TO BHB (BAR HARBOR) THEN STARTED BACK TOWARDS DAW AT 7:40 AM ON 10/9/2004. 15 MINUTES OUT FROM DAW HE RADIOED OSSIPEE VALLEY AVIATION AND WAS TOLD IT WAS OVERCAST. HE DECIDED TO DIVERT TO PSM (PEASE) AND AT 9:19 AM HE TOLD ATC HE WAS RUNNING OUT OF FUEL. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT DOWN AND THEN CRASHED INTO A CORN FIELD IN ELIOT MAINE. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION SHOW A QUART OF FUEL IN THE FUEL TANKS AND NONE IN THE CARBURETOR.

## 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 NYC05CA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA003), Oct 9, 2004: Cessna 172M (N80657), Eliot, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning decision, which resulted a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

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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