20240216003689A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172H · De Leon Springs, FL · February 16, 2024

Date
February 16, 2024 · 02:00 local
Place
De Leon Springs, FL
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8257L
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA24LA115
Reported as
Cessna 172H
Reported engine
Continental 0-300 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,252 total15 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot departed (kasd) slidell, la at 2030 to relocatre aircraft to (kded) deland, FL but exhausted fuel approx. 20 miles from airport and crashed in the lake george state forest.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED (KASD) SLIDELL, LA AT 2030 TO RELOCATRE AIRCRAFT TO (KDED) DELAND, FL BUT EXHAUSTED FUEL APPROX. 20 MILES FROM AIRPORT AND CRASHED IN THE LAKE GEORGE STATE FOREST.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.