# Accident 20180705012609A: Cessna 172H, King And Queen, VA, July 5, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2018, 17:15 local time
- Place: King And Queen, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7200° N, 76.8408° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7200&lon=-76.8408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1401F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1401F-2022-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 159 total, 144 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA431](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA431) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180705012609A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED KSYM (MOOREHEAD AIRPORT) ENROUTE TO KMFV (MELFA AIRPORT) WITH NO PLANNED FUEL STOPS.  PILOT EXPERIENCED POWER LOSS AND SUBSEQUENT FUEL STARVATION IN CRUISE FLIGHT WHICH RESULTED IN AN OFF FIELD LANDING IN A SOYBEAN FIELD.  AIRCRAFT INITIAL POINT OF CONTACT WAS A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE RESULTING IN STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL HENCE THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT ASSEMBLY SEPARTION.  AIRCRAFT SKIDDED AND GROUND LOOPED CAUSING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE L/H AND R/H OUTBOARD WING SECTIONS.

## 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 GAA18CA431](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA431), Jul 5, 2018: Cessna 172 (N1401F), King and Queen, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper preflight fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a subsequent 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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