# Incident 20160514006249I: Cessna 172F, Currituck Count, NC, May 14, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2016, 16:26 local time
- Place: Currituck Count, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3673° N, 75.9369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Currituck County, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3673&lon=-75.9369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8566U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8566U-2018-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 288 total, 168 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160514006249I

## Narrative

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

ON 05/14/2016 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PIC IN CESSNA 172 N8566U. UPON RETURNING TO CURRITUCK COUNTY(ONX) AIRPORT FROM HATTERAS (HSE) DURING DECENT THE PIC STATED THAT THE ENGINE LOST POWER.

THE PIC TRIED ALL THROTTLE SETTINGS AND ALL MIXTURE SETTINGAND NOTED THAT THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE ENGINE OUTPUT.

THE PIC THEN SET THE AIRCRAFT ATTITUDE FOR BEST GLIDE AT 70 MPH AND LANDED IN THE WATER IN THE SOUND APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE CHECKED THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS IN BOTH AND HE STARTED THE TRIP WITH MORE THAN 30 GALLONS OF FUEL TOTAL IN BOTH TANKS.

HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT USE A CHECK LIST DURING THE EMERGENCY LANDING.

AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED IT WA NOTED THAT THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS IN THR RIGHT POSITION. UPON INVESTIGATION  OF THE CONTENCE OF THE FUEL TANKS THE RIGHT TANK CONTAINED LESS THAT A QUART OF FUEL AND THE LEFT TANK  CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY 15 GALLONS .

UPON FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE, THERE WAS NO OTHER INDICATION OF MALFUNCTION.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE GOT IN A HURRY AND MADE A MISTAKE NOT PLACING THE FUEL SELECTOR IN THE BOTH POSITION AND FAILING TO FOLLOW AN EMERGENCY CHECKLIST.

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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