- Date
- October 7, 1983, 07:15 local (11:15 UTC)
- Place
- Cincinnati, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5728TCessna 172E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831007053679A
- Case key
- 12470
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided wih a pole and mail boxes during a forced landing after fuel exhaustion. The pilot was unalbe to find blur ash arpt and asked for assistance from Cincinnati approach. When the arpt was located after over 6 hours of flt time,the acrt ran out of fuel 2 miles away. The pilot landed on a road where he collided with a utility pole and mailverboxes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5728T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17251628
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Luis A. Tomich
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 14, 1983
- Departed
- GRI · Grand Island
- Destination
- ASH · Cincinnati, OH
- Airport
- 177 · Blue Ash
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
- 50
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,600 total · 1,505 in this make and model · 3,500 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LUK, 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.