- Date
- March 3, 1992, 13:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place
- Starr, SC
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2862QCessna 172L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920303006749A
- Case key
- 8564
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate pre-flight planning.
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 stated that the aircraft fuel gauge indicated a quarter of a tank remaining when the engine stopped producing power. He said he stalled the aircraft during the emergency landing attempt. Examination of the aircraft revealed that both fuel tanks were exhausted of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2862Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17259862
- Airframe hours
- 4,011
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Blaylock, Harry R.
- Registered owner
- Blaylock, Harry R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 19, 1991 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- FMY · Fort Myers, FL
- Destination
- AND · Anderson, SC
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,200 total · 800 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AND, 5 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.