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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Yorkville, IL · June 29, 2007

Date: June 29, 2007 · 21:31 local
Place: Yorkville, IL
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N738SV
NTSB investigation: NTSBCHI07CA202
Reported as: Cessna 172N
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 660 total500 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N738SVRegistration cancelled Feb 2, 2009 · Cessna 172NS/N 17270209 · Built 1977 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) The pilot privacy data omitted departed from olive branch airport (kolv), olive branch, Mississippi, enroute to aurora municipal airport (karr), sugar grove, Illinois, when the aircraft (N738SV) engine lost power. The pilot privacy data omitted stated he declared an emergency and landed in a field in Yorkville, Illinois. An examination of the aircraft indicated the aircraft had exhausted its fuel supply.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED FROM OLIVE BRANCH AIRPORT (KOLV), OLIVE BRANCH, MISSISSIPPI, ENROUTE TO AURORA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KARR), SUGAR GROVE, ILLINOIS, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT (N738SV) ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED IN A FIELD IN YORKVILLE, ILLINOIS. AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT INDICATED THE AIRCRAFT HAD EXHAUSTED ITS FUEL SUPPLY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CHI07CA202Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportYorkville, ILThe inadequate fuel consumption calculations by the pilot, the fuel exhaustion during cruise flight, and the unsuitable landing area encountered by the pilot. Contributing factors were the night light conditions and trees.Jun 30, 2007 · Substantial damage