- Date
- August 15, 1989, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Village, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2484LCessna 172H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890815037969A
- Case key
- 14406
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Probable cause
Water contamination in the fuel/fuel system and inadequate preflight by the pilot. Soft terrain in the emergency landing area was a contributing factor.
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(partial) - nonmechanical
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Fuel system - contaminationCause
Fluid,fuel - waterCause
Forced landing
Nose over
Terrain condition - open field
Terrain condition - softFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2484L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17255684
- Airframe hours
- 3,020
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Schultz, Clarence R.
- Registered owner
- A.D.S. Flying Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 14, 1989
- Departed
- C98 · Lake Village, IN
- Destination
- C98
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 460 total · 335 in this make and model · 415 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2484L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.