# Accident 20101010048419A: Cessna 172N, Portland, OR, October 10, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2010, 18:50 local time
- Place: Portland, OR
- Airport: Portland International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: GIQS
- Location: 45.5167° N, 122.7500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5167&lon=-122.7500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738GN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 460 total, 79 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101010048419A

## Narrative

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

PILOT CONRAD MCGREAL FILED A FLIGHT PLAN FOR 4.5 HOURS OF FLYING AND REPORTED 5.5 HOURS FUEL ONBOARD. PILOT PREFLIGHTED THE AIRCRAFT AND BELIEVED THE  FUEL TANKS WERE FULL. PILOT WAS NOT AWARE THAT AIRCRAFT HAD FLOWN 1.1 HOURS EARLIER IN THE DAY. AT 4.5 TACH HOURS INTO THE FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE QUIT 8 MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY 03 AT PDX. PILOT ABLE TO MOMENTARYILY RESTART ENGINE BUT COULD NOT KEEP RUNNING. PILOT WAS OVER  HILLY RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH LOTS OF TREES. HE SELECTED A SCHOOL SOCCER AND BASEBALL FIELD FOR AND EMERGENCY LANDING, HE CAME IN OVER TALL TREES AND A BASEBALL BACKSTOP AND LANDED IN A AREA WITH A STEEP UPSLOPE AT THE EDGE OF THE FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE UPSLOPE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED REMOVING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND IMPACTING THE PROPELLER AND LOWER FORWARD BELLY RESULTING IN SUBSTANIAL DAMAGE TO THE PROP COWLING, ENGINE MOUNTS, FIREWALL AND RUDDER. WITNESS AND FIRST RESPONDERS INDICATED NO SMELL OF FUEL IN THE AREA AND PILOT STATED HE THOUGHT HE HAD 5 GALLON OF FUEL REMAINING.

## 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 WPR11LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA012), Oct 11, 2010: Cessna 172 (N738GN), Portland, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and failure to ensure adequate fuel was onboard for the flight, which resulted in a total 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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