- Date
- October 6, 1982, 09:47 local (13:47 UTC)
- Place
- Albany, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N737LJCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821006051599A
- Case key
- 69712
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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.
Analysis
The pilot of N737LJ departed on a cross-country business trip with less than full fuel tanks. After flying about 2 hours the aircraft engine quit and the pilot made an emergency landing in an open field. The aircraft collided with trees at the edge of the field. Examination of the fuel tanks revealed insufficent fuel remaining for engine operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N737LJ
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269498
- Airframe hours
- 2,546
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harmon, W. Charles
- Departed
- BHM · Birmingham, AL
- Destination
- CRG · Jacksonville, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 125 total · 80 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 162 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.