# NTSB investigations: Cessna 172P: 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 MIA03TA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03TA175.md): Cessna 172P · Jay, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Sep 3, 2003 · N52615 · Substantial damage > **This case was modified on 2/18/2016. Refer to the public docket for this accident to view the changes.** Loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. - [NTSB MIA03LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA078.md): Cessna 172P · Potts Camp, MS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 21, 2003 · N89811 · Substantial damage > The pilot's inadequate planning which resulted in fuel exhaustion, a forced landing to a field, and damage to the airplane during the landing rollout. - [NTSB LAX02LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA237.md): Cessna 172P · Creston, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 26, 2002 · N5268K · Substantial damage > the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and loss of engine power. A factor in the accident was the dark night conditions. - [NTSB ATL97LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA117.md): Cessna 172P · Rockhill, SC · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 8, 1997 · N66098 · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to plan and have adequate fuel for the flight. - [NTSB LAX96LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA117.md): Cessna 172P · Raymond, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 17, 1996 · N53115 · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to verify the quantity of fuel onboard the aircraft prior to departure, which resulted in fuel exhaustion. - [NTSB MIA95LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95LA165.md): Cessna 172P · Lake Placid, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 28, 1995 · N96567 · Substantial damage > Total failure of the fuel vent system resulting in the total loss of engine power during cruise flight. Contributing to the accident was the inadequate inspection of the airplane during the last annual inspection for failure of the mechanic to identify that… - [NTSB MIA94LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA028.md): Cessna 172P · Jacksonville, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 25, 1993 · N89900 · Substantial damage > The improper positioning of the fuel selector by the pilot-in- command resulting in fuel starvation. - [NTSB MIA93LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA118.md): Cessna 172P · Mims, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 8, 1993 · N63012 · Substantial damage > Total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the pilot to lean the fuel/air mixture during cruise flight which increased the fuel consumption for the flight. - [NTSB ATL93LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93LA010.md): Cessna 172P · Buford, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 8, 1992 · N62527 · Substantial damage > Fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's inadequate inflight planning. - [NTSB FTW91LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91LA115.md): Cessna 172P · El Paso, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 3, 1991 · N5488K · Substantial damage > The power loss due to carburetor icing and the pilot's failure to use carburetor heat. Factors were the icing conditions, lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing, and the gusty tail wind. - [NTSB DEN91LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN91LA063.md): Cessna 172 · Steamboat Sprin, CO · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 22, 1991 · N6231K · Substantial damage > The CFI used poor judgement in giving a simulated engine failure by turning off the fuel selector valve. - [NTSB SEA90LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90LA020.md): Cessna 172 · Bremerton, WA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 21, 1989 · N63496 · Destroyed > Fuel exhaustion and inadequate preflight planning. - [NTSB LAX88FAMS3](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FAMS3.md): Cessna 172P · Kauai, HI · Accident · 3 fatal · Missing aircraft · Final report · Sep 3, 1988 · N51886 · Destroyed > The pilot departed for honolulu, HI after flying for 3 hours, 45 minutes without refueling. The flight to honolulu takes 1 hour. The airplane has a full fuel endurance of four hours. It disappeared from navy radar 25 miles southeast of Kauai. Acft wreckage… - [NTSB CHI88LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA095.md): Cessna 172P · Sauk Center, MN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 6, 1988 · N62218 · Destroyed > While enroute on the last leg of a solo cross country instructional flight, the student pilot experienced a rough running engine, followed by an engine failure. The pilot elected to land on a frozen lake, executed emergency procedures, and made a hard landing… - [NTSB NYC88LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA030.md): Cessna 172 · Norfolk, MA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 4, 1987 · N53461 · Substantial damage > The pilot of the Cessna 172 was making her third takeoff, having made two prior takeoffs and landings to a full stop, when she experienced a loss of power. The aircraft ran off the departure end of the runway and was observed to porpoise several times prior… - [NTSB NYC87LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA154.md): Cessna 172 · New Haven, CT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 24, 1987 · N65482 · Substantial damage > Drg a night flt from new bedford to bridgeport, the plt enctrd visibility problems & believed that fuel consumption was higher than normal. He obtained radar vectors to New Haven. After seeing the arpt, he flew over to establish the runway pattern. However,… - [NTSB SEA87LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA066.md): Cessna 172 · Lopez Island, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 19, 1987 · N64728 · Substantial damage > During cruise the acft engine quit due to fuel exhaustion. The pilot neglected to visually check the fuel tanks prior to departure, but rather relied on fuel gauges and his own estimation that enough fuel would be remaining to complete the flight. During… - [NTSB MIA86LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA214.md): Cessna 172P · Whiting, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 18, 1986 · N54069 · Substantial damage > The private pilot of a rented Cessna 172P experienced an engine failure after flying 4.7 hours on a cross country flight. During the landing roll the nose gear failed in rough terrain. No fuel was found in the aircraft fuel tanks or lines during recovery and… - [NTSB FTW86FRA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86FRA09.md): Cessna 172P · Lake Jackson, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Feb 3, 1986 · N52768 · Destroyed > The acft crashed during forced landing after a power loss. The acft eng quit, after a 4 hr x-country, during the lndg approach. The acft had been flown locally over an hour by another plt (crew). This made a cumulative flt time on the acft of over 5 hrs since… - [NTSB CHI85FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FA054.md): Cessna 172P · Waukegan, IL · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 23, 1984 · N53134 · Substantial damage > The acft collided with the terrain during a forced landing following a loss of power during takeoff. Investigation revealed that two days previously a loss of power had occured during a test flt which was virtually identical to the power loss experienced… - [NTSB MIA85LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA018.md): Cessna 172P · Titusville, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 26, 1984 · N54729 · Substantial damage > The acft landed in a field after experiencing an eng failure in cruise flt. Investigation revealed the accident occurredon the return leg of a x-country flt. The plt stated he visually checked the acft fuel tanks prior to departure and estimated ample fuel… - [NTSB DEN84LA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA291.md): Cessna 172P · Longmont, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 16, 1984 · N6579K · Substantial damage > The plt was making a low pass over a strip he wanted certified. During an attempted go-around the eng would not respond so the plt landed. The acft ran off the end of the wet sod airstrip and nosed over. The plt said after the accident that the carburetor… - [NTSB ATL84LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA051.md): Cessna 172P · Jackson, MS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 26, 1983 · N64791 · Substantial damage > The acft ditched in a reservoir at night after a power loss. The plt was descending to land, in preparation for the landing the plt switched fuel tanks on the selector valve to what he thought was both tanks position. Shortly after thisthe engine quit. The… - [NTSB CHI84LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA008.md): Cessna 172P · Lancaster, OH · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 4, 1983 · N63425 · Substantial damage > The acft landed in a plowed field during an off arpt forced landing after power loss in the traffic pattern for landing. The arpt manager reported that when he reached the acft the carburetor heat was off. The pilot said she thought she usedit but was not… - [NTSB NYC83LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA161.md): Cessna 172P · Redding, CT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 1, 1983 · N62511 · Substantial damage > The flight originated at ramapo, NY. During a preflight check, the plt noted that the fuel gauges indicated full. When he visually checked the fuel tanks, he estimated that the fuel level in each tank was about 1 inch from being full. The fuel capacity of… - [NTSB CHI83FA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83FA224.md): Cessna 172P · Joliet, IL · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · May 22, 1983 · N53700 · Substantial damage > The acft made a hard landing and nosed over during a forced landing after engine failure on the base leg. The flt was onthe base leg with power at idle and carburetor heat on when the engine lost power. The pilot was unable to restart the engine. The pilot… - [NTSB NYC82DA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA122.md): Cessna 172 · Monongahela, PA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jun 11, 1982 · N608DL · Substantial damage > The pilot was on a flight from rostraver, PA to deerfield, oh and return. Before taking off from rostraver, he estimated there was 25 gal of fuel on board. At deerfield, he estimated there was 15 gallons remaining (12 gal usable). But that he would need only… ## 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 ('2072436') 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=2072436&occurrence=353 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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