- Date
- September 2, 1992, 11:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- New Braintree, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2458LCessna 172H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920902047009A
- Case key
- 11837
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Probable cause
Water contaminated fuel which resulted in the loss of engine power and the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection.
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 day before the accident the airplane lost power inflight due to fuel exhaustion and it was force landed in a field. The next day, a different pilot refueled the airplane with six gallons of fuel in each tank. The pilot stated he checked the fuel at the three drain locations. He towed the airplane up a hill, and attempted to takeoff. Shortly after lift off, the engine lost power, and the pilot did a force landing. The landing was on soft terrain and the nose gear collapsed, causing the airplane to nose down. The on scene investigation disclosed the fuel in the carburetor was contaminated with water. The examination also disclosed the fuel strainer was inoperative.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2458L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Fedoryk Ronald
- Registered owner
- Fedoryk Ronald
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- 8B5 · Barre, MA
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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORH, 1 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.