# Accident 20130401005329A: Cessna 172, Union Center, WI, April 1, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 2013, 12:35 local time
- Place: Union Center, WI
- Airport: Three Castles Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6700° N, 90.2325° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6700&lon=-90.2325&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8033B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8033B-2018-01-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 325 total, 88 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA216) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130401005329A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 1, 2013, AT 1235 CDT, CESSNA 172, N8033B, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOST POWER ON CLIMB 0UT, COLLIEDED WITH TREES AND ENDED UP IN A FLOODED BACK WATER AREA AFTER DEPARTURE FROM THREE CASTLES AIRPARK, WONEWOC, WISCONSIN AFTER MAKING A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING DUE TO A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE.  THE OWNER WAS ON A FLIGHT FR0M PART FALLS, WI TO LONE ROCK, WI.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER THE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING HE LOOKED OVER THE ENGINE THROUGH THE OIL ACCESS DOOR, DRAINED FUEL FROM BOTH TANKS AND THE SEDIMENT BOWL AND CHECKED THE FUEL.  HE ESTIMATED THE RIGHT TANK CONTAINED 10 GALLONS OF FUEL AND THE LEFT TANK 2 GALLONS.  WHEN OPENING THE RIGHT FUEL CAP HE HEARD A "WHOOSH" SOUND.  THE PILOT THOUGHT HE HAD CORRECTED A VENTING ISSUE, RESTARTED THE ENGINE, PERFORMED A SATISFACTORY RUN-UP AND TOOK OFF WITH THE FUEL SELECTOR POSITIONED TO "BOTH ON".  AT ABOUT 400 FEET THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND THEN LOST COMPLETE POWER WHILE HE WAS TURNING BACK TO THE AIRPORT.

## 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 CEN13LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA216), Apr 1, 2013: Cessna 172 (N8033B), Wonewoc, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The restricted vented fuel cap and obstructed fuel vent lines, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

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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