- Date
- September 12, 1982, 12:25 local (17:25 UTC)
- Place
- Corpus Christi, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8233UCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820912046629A
- Case key
- 70347
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel consumption calculations - inaccurateCause
Refueling - not performedCause
Forced landing
Nose over
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
Aircraft landed short after engine quit on final approach. The fuel was down to minimum usable quantity.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8233U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17252133
- Airframe hours
- 3,678
- Engine
- Continental O-300D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gary A. Reed
- Registered owner
- Gary A. Reed
- Departed
- SAT · San Antonio, TX
- Destination
- NEW · New Orleans, LA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CRP · Corpus Christi Intl, runway 17, 6,080 × 150 ft, dirt
N8233URegistration cancelled Feb 27, 2013 · Cessna 172FAirframe modelCessna 172FEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 115 total · 71 in this make and model · 100 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 21 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 203 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRP
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 N8233U · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.