- Date
- June 17, 1990, 17:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Zanesville, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7296MCessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900617022589A
- Case key
- 14464
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to properly prelfight the airplane which resulted in an inadequate fuel supply and subsequent fuel exhaustion.
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 reported taking off with an indicated full fuel supply. He flew for 2 1/2 hours and made several takeoffs and landings. During the last takeoff at an altitude of about 200 ft AGL, the engine lost power. When a forced landing was made, the airplane contacted a 4 ft tall post and was substantially damaged. Post-accident inspection revealed 6 ounces of fuel in the right wing fuel tank and 3 1/2 gallons in the left wing tank. The aircraft operating handbook stated there were 4 gallons of unusable fuel in each wing tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7296M
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55596
- Airframe hours
- 1,682
- Engine
- Continental GO-300-A, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles W. Mcnaught
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 5, 1989
- Airport
- 3I0 · Riverside, runway 22
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,070 total · 700 in this make and model · 1,009 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 72 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.