# Accident 20071209828449A: Cessna 172E, Fair Bluff, NC, December 9, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2007, 16:30 local time
- Place: Fair Bluff, NC
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2597° N, 79.0208° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2597&lon=-79.0208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3699S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3699S-2017-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08CA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071209828449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) HE STATED THAT HE DID FIND WATER IN THE FUEL ON PREFLIGHT. HE HAD NOT FLOWN THE AIRCRAFT SINCE THE ANNUAL. HE WASHED THE AIRCRAFT AND SUMPED IT, RAN IT, AND SUMPED IT AGAIN. HE DECIDED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT AND PERFORM A TOUCH AND GO. HE WAS BY HIMSELF. HE STATED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF THE ENGINE BECAME ROUGH, HE LOWERED THE NOSE AND STARTED LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LAND. HE MANEUVERED TO MISS HOUSES AND DECIDED THAT THE TREES LOOKED LIKE THE BEST PLACE TO LAND SINCE HE KNEW THAT THERE WERE NO LARGE TREES IN THAT AREA. AFTER THE CRASH, HE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE. HE RETURNED TO HIS HOUSE AND RETRIEVED A WATER TANK (1000 GALLON TANK) AND RETURNED TO THE AREA AND WETTED THE WOODS DOWN AROUND THE AREA TO KEEP THE FOREST FIRE CONTAINED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. HE DIDN'T APPEAR TO HAVE ANY INJURIES AND STATED THAT HE WAS NOT HURT.

## 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 MIA08CA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA028), Dec 9, 2007: Cessna 172E (N3699S), Fair Bluff, NC, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection which failed to detect contaminated fuel, and subsequent loss of engine power.

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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