- Date
- July 14, 1993, 00:00 local (05:00 UTC)
- Place
- Allen, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N736TJCessna 172XP
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930714024339A
- Case key
- 11093
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
Fuel exhaustion induced power loss. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
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 aircraft was found in a wooded area during morning hours. It had reportedly been stolen the previous evening from a private airport. The time of the alleged theft, number of persons aboard, and injuries to the person(s) is unknown. Examination of the aircraft provided information that no fuel was aboard at the time of the accident, and there was no evidence of system or aircraft failure or malfunction. The injury summary above is presumed.
Factual narrative
On July 15, 1993, at approximately 0855 central daylight time, a Cessna 172XP, N736TJ, was found in a wooded area near Allen, Texas. The aircraft owner stated that the aircraft was stolen sometime during the evening of July 14, 1993, and sustained substantial damage. The number of persons on board, identities, and injuries, if any, are unknown. The aircraft was based at Dallas Air Park, (F69), and reportedly had departed from that facility.
Examination of the aircraft produced no evidence of structural or system failure or malfunction; however, no fuel was found in the aircraft and fuel system integrity was not compromised. Evidence that the occupant(s) had unsuccessfully attempted to set the aircraft on fire was present. (Reference the narrative section of NTSB Form 6120.1/2, Pilot/Operator Report).
Aircraft
- Registration
- N736TJ
- Reported as
- Cessna 172XP
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1722773
- Airframe hours
- 1,366
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-K, 195 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Pulliam, Virgil R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 24, 1993 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- F69 · Dallas, TX
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
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.