- Date
- January 28, 1984, 10:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place
- Erie, CO
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5376TCessna 172E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840128001599A
- Case key
- 16326
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
This acft had not had an annual inspection in more than 13 years and had not been flown in 8 years. During the accident flt the acft engine quit after 25 minutes of flt. After the forced landing a mechanic found the carburetor bowl dry and the fuel line vent stuck closed. The fuel caps were the old unvented type. An AD, effective 6/6/79, had required vented caps. The acft had not flown 100 hrs since 1979 so it technically was not affected but a current annual would have focused attention on the non-compliance with the AD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5376T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17251276
- Airframe hours
- 2,842
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hugh Richarson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 7C00 · Parkland, runway 8, 4,000 × 150 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,650 total · 205 in this make and model · 1,650 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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