- Date
- October 3, 1985, 18:08 local (22:08 UTC)
- Place
- London, KY
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N20273Cessna 172
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851003069849A
- Case key
- 7201
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Analysis
The acft crashed during a forced landing after fuel exhaustion during a x-country flt. The plt had encountered wx and in attempting to reach an alternate arpt the acft ran out of fuel. The plt was not instrument rated and the wx at London was 600 ft overcast with visibility 2 miles in fog at the time of the accident. The fuel drained from the acft after the accident was 1 qt from the left tank which was in use at the time of the accident. The plt reported that he ran the rt tank dry en route.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20273
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17261149
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Strongsville City Aviation
- Registered owner
- Berea Aviation Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 30, 1985 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- LOZ · London, runway 5, 6,000 × 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 562 total · 15 in this make and model · 527 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LOZ, 2 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.