- Date
- April 12, 1973
- Place
- Ft.Smith, AR · FT.SMITH, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7480TCessna 172A
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730412007989A
- Case key
- 170650
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0807 73/4/12 FT.SMITH,ARK CESSNA 172A CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 44 TOTAL TIME - 1915 N7480T PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 42 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FT SMITH MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP TEXARKANA,ARK POTEAU,OKLA HOT SPRINGS,ARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: GENERATORS/ALTERNATORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT OVERFLEW AN ARPT IN ATTEMPT TO REACH DEST.IN AIR 3HRS 45MIN SINCE REFUEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7480T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ft Smith Mun
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.