- Date
- September 2, 1990, 12:17 local (17:17 UTC)
- Place
- Pine City, MN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N733CHCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900902037639A
- Case key
- 14552
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgement of the fuel supply, and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed. A factor was the pilot's lack of experience in the make and model of aircraft.
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
After completing a x-country flt, the plt took off with 2 psgrs aboard to fly to a nearby arpt to refuel. After taking off from rwy 35, the eng lost pwr. The acft crashed abt 1/4 mi north of the rwy & to the left of the rwy centerline. Impact occurred in a left wing low attitude. The acft came to rest nose down with the tail broken down & to the right. Only abt 7 0Z of fuel was fnd in the acft. Later, the enge was successfully run during an opnl check. The plt had 3 hrs of flt time in this make & model of acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N733CH
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268187
- Airframe hours
- 8,544
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero Center One
- Registered owner
- Hammond Enterprises, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 12, 1990 · 81 hours before
- Departed
- 90D
- Destination
- 19D · Mora, MN
- Airport
- 90D · Pine City Muni, runway 35, 2,600 × 200 ft, grass/turf
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
- 20
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 105 total · 3 in this make and model · 45 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STC, 49 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.
Other investigations on N733CH · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.