- Date
- October 4, 1990, 16:37 local (20:37 UTC)
- Place
- Midland, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2592YCessna 172D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901004044059A
- Case key
- 14935
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Probable cause
The pilot did not refuel resulting in loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. The inadvertent stall encountered during the forced landing was also a cause.
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 had conducted a round-robin trip from his home airport without fueling the aircraft. On the return leg the aircraft experienced a total loss of power and a forced landing was initiated. The pilot stated that he 'lost too much airspeed' and the airplane stalled. Investigation revealed only unusable fuel in the fuel tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2592Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 172D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17249892
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Smith, Hugh A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- GDW · Gladwin, MI
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 232 in this make and model · 188 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 23 knots, gusting 29
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MBS, 20 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.