- Date
- November 2, 1990, 23:00 local (Nov 3, 1990, 05:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Scott, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N739VNCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901102048629A
- Case key
- 14952
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Probable cause
The mixture control was set incorrectly resulting in fuel starvation, and the check list was not followed by the cfi/pic.
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
During a night IFR training flight, on final approach the engine failed to respond when additional, needed throttle was added. The CFI took over the controls and turned to an adjacent field, short of the runway, where an emergency landing was attempted which resulted in a nose over. Post accident investigation revealed the fuel mixture control to be in the out, or idle cutoff position. No defects, malfunctions of fuel shortages were discovered, and engine run-up normal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739VN
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270842
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Mistwood Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airport
- FSK · Fort Scott, runway 17, 4,500 × 75 ft, dirt
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
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 970 total · 230 in this make and model · 860 as pilot in command · 220 in the last 90 days · 85 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- CNU, 50 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 N739VN · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.