# Accident 20101121051839A: Cessna 172G, Auburndale, FL, November 21, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 2010, 13:30 local time
- Place: Auburndale, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0628° N, 81.7519° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0628&lon=-81.7519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3700L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3700L-2012-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 550 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101121051839A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ON DECENT TO KGIF FROM KGSP WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. ALTITUDE APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET. PILOT REPORTED 1/4 TANK INDICATED ON BOTH TANKS, ATTEMPTED RE START ENGINE, UNABLE TO RE START PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON A STREET IN A NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, (NO HOUSES YET) AND WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE GOING DOWN AN EMBANKMENT THEN COMING TO A STOP IN A RETENTION POND.THE LEFT WING STRUCK A TREE ON THE EMBANKMENT DAMAGING THE WING SPAR AND THE RIGHT WING CONTACED THE GROUND WHILE GOING DOWN THE EMBANKMENT BENDING THE OUTER TWO FEET OF THE WING UPWARDS. FUEL DRAINED FROM THE WINGS TOTALED THREE GALLONS REMAINING ON BOARD WITH 2.5 GALLONS IN THE LEFT WING AND 0.5 GALLONS IN THE RIGHT WING.FUEL SELECTOR WAS IN THE BOTH POSITION.

## 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 ERA11CA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA069), Nov 21, 2010: Cessna 172G (N3700L), Winter Haven, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight/inflight fuel planning resulting in fuel exhaustion and total 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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