# Accident 20210303002699A: Cessna 172G, Sisters, OR, March 3, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2021, 17:43 local time
- Place: Sisters, OR
- Airport: Sisters Eagle Air
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2984° N, 121.5445° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2984&lon=-121.5445&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4456L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4456L-2024-11-23) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 134 total, 119 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210303002699A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD PLANNED A ONE HOUR PERSONAL FLIGHT WITH A FRIEND. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS A RENTAL AIRCRAFT AND HAD JUST CAME BACK FROM A FLIGHT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THEY WERE IN A HURRY TO GET GOING ON THE FLIGHT. THE PILOT STATED THAT SHE DID A PREFLIGHT AND CHECKED THE FUEL LEVEL. THE PILOT DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS ENOUGH FUEL FOR HER PLANNED FLIGHT. THE PILOT DID NOT REFUEL THE AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL LANDING BACK AT THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR LATER. DURING THE APPROACH TO LANDING THE PILOT STATES THAT SHE WAS A LITTLE FAST ON TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED ON THE RUNWAY AND SHE TRIED TO LAND AGAIN. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED A SECOND TIME AND THE PILOT DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS ENOUGH ROOM TO TRY AND LAND A THIRD TIME SO THE PILOT EXECUTED A GO-AROUND. ON CLIMBOUT, THE ENGINE QUIT. THE AIRPLANE HIT A TREE PRIOR TO STRIKING THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE AND APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 WPR21LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA122), Mar 4, 2021: Cessna 172G (N4456L), Sisters, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation and the pilot’s mismanagement of the available fuel.

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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