20090520008779A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172E · Perryville, MD · May 20, 2009

Date: May 20, 2009 · 16:15 local
Place: Perryville, MD
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N3063U
NTSB investigation: NTSBERA09CA297
Reported as: Cessna 172E
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 260 total225 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N3063URegistered now · Cessna 172ES/N 17250663 · Built 1963 Airframe modelCessna 172E Engine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) Private pilot privacy data omitted and aircraft owner privacy data omitted topped the tanks of N3063U at harford county airport (OW3). They flew to campbell field (9VG), weiewood, VA. privacy data omitted Was the pilot for the return flight. They left campbell field and were going back to harford county. The engine quit due to fuel exhaustion. They switched to the left fuel tank but the engine did not restart. They tried to land in a field but floated most of length. They attempted to avoid the trees and turned left after landing. They crossed route 7, which took out the nose gear. The road was higher than the field. After crossing the road the right wing hit a tree and damaged the right wing leading edge. The aircraft was moved off the road and secured on the lawn of a home in front of where the aircraft stopped. There were no injries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND AIRCRAFT OWNER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOPPED THE TANKS OF N3063U AT HARFORD COUNTY AIRPORT (OW3). THEY FLEW TO CAMPBELL FIELD (9VG), WEIEWOOD, VA. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT FOR THE RETURN FLIGHT. THEY LEFT CAMPBELL FIELD AND WERE GOING BACK TO HARFORD COUNTY. THE ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. THEY SWITCHED TO THE LEFT FUEL TANK BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT RESTART. THEY TRIED TO LAND IN A FIELD BUT FLOATED MOST OF LENGTH. THEY ATTEMPTED TO AVOID THE TREES AND TURNED LEFT AFTER LANDING. THEY CROSSED ROUTE 7, WHICH TOOK OUT THE NOSE GEAR. THE ROAD WAS HIGHER THAN THE FIELD. AFTER CROSSING THE ROAD THE RIGHT WING HIT A TREE AND DAMAGED THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED OFF THE ROAD AND SECURED ON THE LAWN OF A HOME IN FRONT OF WHERE THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED. THERE WERE NO INJRIES.

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 ERA09CA297Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPerryville, MDA total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot’s inadequate preflight planning.May 20, 2009 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N3063U · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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