- Date
- April 25, 1982, 16:25 local (20:25 UTC)
- Place
- Society Hill, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3971SCessna 172E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820425011439A
- Case key
- 72636
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel supply - inadequateCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Gear collapsed
Landing gear - overload
Analysis
The engine quit at 4000 feet and the pilot elected to land in trees rather than a road with traffic. The aircraft ended up on small gravel road with the gear collapsed. No fuel was found in the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3971S
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17251171
- Airframe hours
- 1,560
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William Prince
- Registered owner
- William Prince
- Departed
- Martinsville, VA
- Destination
- Florence, SC
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,390 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 62 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Temperature
- 183 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.