- Date
- August 1, 1983, 17:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Naubinway, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- CGQNMCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12287
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power
Fluid - exhaustionCause
Preflight planning/preparation - poorFactor
Fuel consumption calculations - inaccurateFactor
Refueling - inadequateCause
In flight collision with object
ObjectCause
Nose down
Analysis
The acft struck a stop sign and nosed over while attempting to make an emergency landing following fuel exhaustion.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CGQNM
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269147
- Airframe hours
- 1,630
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bancroft Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 1, 1983 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
- Destination
- 83D · St.Ignace, MI
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 682 total · 370 in this make and model · 608 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F