- Date
- November 13, 1988, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lumberton, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N993NACessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881113050339A
- Case key
- 7953
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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 had been flying about 45 minutes when he crashed short of the runway. He believed he departed with 16 gallons of fuel, based on fuel gauge readings. The wreckage examination failed to disclose any system problems. After the accident, only a small quantity of fuel was found in the fuel system. The engine operated normally after fuel was put in each tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N993NA
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172 54442
- Airframe hours
- 1,835
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Hester
- Registered owner
- Olin Johnson Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 6, 1988 · 23 hours before
- Airport
- LBT · Lumberton, runway 5, 5,000 × 75 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 64 total · 63 in this make and model · 36 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.