# NTSB investigations: Cessna 172L: Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports. ## Latest cases - [NTSB NYC06LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06LA028.md): Cessna 172L · Lehighton, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 8, 2005 · N7684G · Substantial damage > The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in a total loss of engine power during takeoff due to fuel contamination, and a subsequent forced landing to a field. - [NTSB IAD05LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA029.md): Cessna 172L · Poughkeepsie, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 1, 2005 · N7180Q · Substantial damage > The pilot's inadequate preflight, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel contamination. - [NTSB NYC01LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA036.md): Cessna 172L · Winchester, VA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 13, 2000 · N2843Q · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to obtain a pre-departure or en route weather briefing, which led to fuel exhaustion, after his destination and alternate airports were covered by fog. A factor was the fog. - [NTSB NYC99LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA149.md): Cessna 172L · Millinocket, ME · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 16, 1999 · N7897G · Substantial damage > The total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. - [NTSB SEA98LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA191.md): Cessna 172L · Puyallup, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 30, 1998 · N2880Q · Substantial damage > The pilot-in-command's failure to refuel en-route resulting in fuel exhaustion. Contributing factors were a vehicle (in the landing path) and dark night conditions. - [NTSB CHI93LA339](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93LA339.md): Cessna 172L · Curryville, MO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 27, 1993 · N25BK · Substantial damage > Improper preflight planning and procedures by the pilot-in-command which resulted in fuel exhaustion. - [NTSB ATL92LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92LA054.md): Cessna 172L · Starr, SC · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 3, 1992 · N2862Q · Substantial damage > The pilot's inadequate pre-flight planning. - [NTSB ATL89LA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89LA186.md): Cessna 172L · N Myrtle Beach, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 1, 1989 · N336AF · Substantial damage > Water contamination of the airplane fuel supply, and the pilot's failure to adequately preflight the aircraft. A factor related to the accident was: swampy terrain at the emergency landing site. - [NTSB ATL89LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89LA039.md): Cessna 172 · Pikeville, KY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 18, 1988 · N2840Q · Substantial damage > The pilot had flown about 3.7 hours and was about 2 miles from his destination airport when the engine stopped and he was forced to land in a swamp. The pilot had topped off the acft so that it contained 42 gallons of fuel (38 gallons of usable fuel). The… - [NTSB FTW89LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA008.md): Cessna 172 · San Antonio, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 23, 1988 · N7185Q · Destroyed > The airplane had been flown for 2.2 hours since refueling when this pilot started his flight. This pilot flew the airplane for 2.5 hours and the engine quit. During the forced landing, the airplane impacted a power pole and power lines, and then the terrain.… - [NTSB LAX88LA326](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA326.md): Cessna 172L · Banning, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 20, 1988 · N7233Q · Substantial damage > During a crosscountry flt, while enroute from lake havasu city, AZ, to Banning, CA, the engine experienced a loss of power. The airplane collided with the terrain after a forced landing. Inspection of the fuel system revealed there was no fuel on board. - [NTSB NYC88LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA199.md): Cessna 172L · No. Kingstown, RI · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 30, 1988 · N19699 · Substantial damage > The failure of the boston center controller to adequately understand the pilot-in-command's request and to assess the gravity of the situation. - [NTSB BFO86FID01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO86FID01.md): Cessna 172L · Gordonsville, VA · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Feb 23, 1986 · N7191Q · Destroyed > On February 23, 1986, at 1621 EST, a Cessna 172L, N7191Q collided with a tree during an attempted go-around at Gordonsville airport, Gordonsville, VA., while on a pleasure flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was… - [NTSB CHI85LA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA282.md): Cessna 172L · Akron, OH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 7, 1985 · N7841G · Substantial damage > The acft contacted trees during a forced landing in a cemetery following a loss of pwr while on final apch at Akron fulton arpt. After the accident, 10 gallons of fuel were added to the acft and the eng operated normally when started. An A&P mechanic… - [NTSB NYC84LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA008.md): Cessna 172L · Wilkes-Barre, PA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 15, 1983 · N7759G · Substantial damage > During flt, the eng lost power from fuel exhaustion & the plt tried to land on a highway. According to witnesses, when he tried to maneuver into the northbound land, while traveling south, the right main gear hit the side of a bank. The wing fuel tanks were… - [NTSB ANC82FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82FA102.md): Cessna 172 · Near Kotzebue, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 29, 1982 · N7650G · Substantial damage > The aircraft was landed in the tundra following a power loss returning from a search mission. The lost person was a friend of the pilot of this accident aircraft. Possibly because of this the pilot searched longer than necessary and ran out of fuel on the way… ## The whole list in SQL Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS: ```sql SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1 WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2072432') AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 353)) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2072432&occurrence=353 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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