# Accident 20140910018729A: Cessna 172P, Port Orange, FL, September 10, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2014, 20:20 local time
- Place: Port Orange, FL
- Airport: Spruce Creek
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0992° N, 81.0706° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0992&lon=-81.0706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63835, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63835-2018-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 50 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14LA434](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA434) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140910018729A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ON SHORT FINAL TO RUNWAY 5

AT SPRUCE CREEK AIRPORT (7FL6) WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT DO TO FUEL STARVATION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE AIRPORT AND CRASHED INTO A WOODED AREA OFF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 5. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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 ERA14LA434](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA434), Sep 11, 2014: Cessna 172P (N63835), Spruce Creek, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the pilots’ improper preflight and in-flight fuel planning.

## Other reports on N63835 (1)

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

- [Incident 20031223033689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031223033689I), Dec 23, 2003: Cessna 172P (N63835), Warehouse Point, CT, Minor damage. (-23) After a normal taxi, and run up the pilot took off on runway 28 with the plan to stay in the pattern for a couple of takeoffs and landings. While on…

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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