- Date
- April 9, 1989, 18:00 local (Apr 10, 1989, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Morgan, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7847UCessna 172F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890409012029A
- Case key
- 17695
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Probable cause
Inadequate servicing of the aircraft by the pilot, partial blockage of the fuel line and fuel filter, and fuel starvation. Contributing factors were: the downward sloping runway and a fence.
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
Drg flt at 10,500' MSL, the eng lost power & would not restart. The plt made a forced landing on rwy 21 at a nearby arpt. The rwy was only 3800' long & had a rprtd downward slope of 1.5 deg. The wind was estimated to be from 270 deg at 10 KTS. The plt rprtd that drg the landing, the acft touched down at about midfield & he was unable to stop on the remaining rwy. After going off the departure end, it hit a fence & was damaged. A post acdnt exam revealed there was seven gal of fuel remaining. A check of the fuel system revealed evidence that the main fuel line & fuel filter were restricting fuel flow. The plt related that this acft had a similar problem previously & he had drained a considerable amount of water from the fuel system. Automotive fuel was being used in the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7847U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17251847
- Airframe hours
- 9,385
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Finnegan, James M.
- Registered owner
- James M Finnegan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 9, 1988 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- 1U7 · Paris, ID
- Destination
- BTF · Bountiful, UT
- Airport
- 42U · Morgan Muni, runway 21, 3,804 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 301 total · 150 in this make and model · 24 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.