- Date
- November 8, 1982, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Birmingham, AL
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2633LCessna 172H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821108057619A
- Case key
- 69963
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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Analysis
Pilot made a hard off airport landing after loss of power. He had used a prolonged slip to lose altitude and the engine stopped. Then he could not reach the runway. The fuel selector was found on left tank. Left tank had less than two gallons of fuel.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2633L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17255833
- Airframe hours
- 3,159
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Greenville Flying Club, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Greenville Flying Club, Inc.
- Departed
- MEI · Meridian, MS
- Destination
- TYS · Knoxville, TN
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BHM · Birmingham Muni, runway 5, 10,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 200 in this make and model · 275 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 122 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BHM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.