- Date
- May 22, 1987, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Ozark, AL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6363RCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870522015719A
- Case key
- 7432
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The inst plt indicated that during airwork procedures practice in the LCL area, the right wing seemed to be heavy. He indicated that he switched the fuel selector from both to right tank. After about 20-30 minutes, they returned to the airport and entered downwind for ldg. The student performed a before ldg ck and while on final, it was noted that the acft was below the desired flight path. An attempt to add pwr was made with no response. A restart was attempted, however, it was not successful. The acft collided with trees short of the apt. The student had moved the fuel sel to the both position during the pre ldg ck. The selector was binding when moved fm the right tank position toward left and both. An interview with the student plt indicated that he did not understand the use of the tank selector detents at various selector positions. The fuel selector reportedly was not moved during the attempted restart procedures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6363R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0170
- Airframe hours
- 2,290
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1A6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Alabama Aviation & Technical
- Registered owner
- Dennis L Peterson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · March 25, 1987 · 13 hours before
- Airport
- 71J · Blackwell, runway 12, 4,200 × 80 ft
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
- 34
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 649 total · 15 in this make and model · 497 as pilot in command · 228 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DHN, 10 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.