# Accident 20050308002129A: Cessna 172F, Hot Springs, AR, March 8, 2005 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: March 8, 2005, 18:00 local time - Place: Hot Springs, AR - Airport: Memorial Field - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Forced Landing - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 34.4836° N, 93.0692° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4836&lon=-93.0692&mi=10 - Aircraft: N8382U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8382U-2015-05-13) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F - Reported engine: CONT O300* - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 1 - Pilot flight hours: 40,500 total, 3,554 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05FA082) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050308002129A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) ON MARCH 08, 2005, AT 0840, A CESSNA 172, PILOTED BY AND REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ , AN ATP RATING, DEPARTED A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP OWNED BY HIS FRIEND, ^PRIVACY DATA ^ LOCATED NEAR GLENWOOD ARKANSAS. AN EYEWITNESS REPORT THAT MORNING STATES THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ HAD A STICK THAT WAS MARKED AND HE STUCK BOTH TANKS AND DETERMINED THERE WAS 15 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ INTENDED FLIGHT WAS FOR SHERRILL, ARKANSAS WHERE HE WAS TO GET AN ANNUAL INSPECTION ACCOMPLISHED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ AN EYEWITNESS REPORTS THAT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ MADE HIS FLIGHT TO SHERRILL, ARKANSAS AND DEPARTED SHERRILL BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 1630 AND 1645 FOR THE INTENDED FLIGHT BACK TO GLENWOOD, ARKANSAS. EYEWITNESS REPORTS THAT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ DID NOT TAKE ON FUEL AT SHERRILL, ARKANSAS. EYEWITNESS REPORTS THAT AT ABOUT 1755 A LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT WAS SPOTTED ON A DOWNWIND APPROACH AT HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS TURNING ON A LEFT BASE FOR RUNWAY 23 BUT IT WAS NOT MAKING NOISE. THE EYEWITNESS DROVE TO A LOCATION TO OBSERVE THE AIRPORT AND SAW ANOTHER SIMILAR LOOKING AIRCRAFT TAKING OFF AND MISTAKENLY THOUGHT IT WAS THE SAME ONE HE HAD SEEN EARLIER. A FEW MINUTES AFTER 1900 ^PRIVACY DA^ STARTED CALLING FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ HAD NOT LANDED AT GLENWOOD, ARKANSAS. A SEARCH WAS INITIATED AND THE CIVIL AIR PATROL TRIANGULATED AN ELT SIGNAL JUST SHORT OF RUNWAY 23. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT WAS THE PILOT'S ^PRIVACY DATA^ AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED AT 0330 MARCH 09, 2005 AND THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ WAS DEAD AT THE SCENE, SUFFERING FROM HEAD TRAUMA. (ME REPORT) AN INVESTIGATOR FROM THE LITTLE ROCK FSDO ARRIVED AT 0930 MARCH 9, 2005. TWO NTSB BOARD MEMBERS AND TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE MANUFACTURERS ARRIVED THAT AFTERNOON. AFTER DRAINING THE FUEL CELLS, IT WAS DETERMINED THERE WAS ONLY 1.5 GALLONS OF FUEL RECOVERED. THE FUEL CELLS WERE NOT BREACHED AND NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL LEAKS EXISTED. AFTER AIRCRAFT RECOVERY THE AIRFRAME WAS INSPECTED BY THE MFG REP AND FOUND CAPABLE OF FLIGHT. THE ENGINE WAS DISASSEMBLED BY THE MFG REP AND FOUND TO BE CAPABLE OF MAKING POWER. IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE NTSB THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT CONTAIN ENOUGH FUEL FOR THE INTENDED FLIGHT. THIS ACCIDENT IS CLOSED. ## 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 DFW05FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05FA082), Mar 8, 2005: Cessna 172F (N8382U), Hot Springs, AR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to the pilot's failure to refuel resulting in fuel starvation. Contributing factors were the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing, and a shoulder harness… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.