- Date
- April 15, 1983, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Little, OK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N70HPCessna R172E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830415014429A
- Case key
- 20766
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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.
Analysis
The acft had been landed twice to check for leaking fluid on the windshield. When the fuel pressure went to zero and theengine quit the leak was confirmed to be acft fuel. During a forced landing the acft struck a fence and the nose gear collapsed. The post-accident examination found the fuel injection line at the flow divider for the number 5 cylinder to be broken.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70HP
- Reported as
- Cessna R172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R172-0240
- Airframe hours
- 8,090
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-C-D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Public aircraft · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Oklahoma Department Of Public
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 12, 1983 · 714 hours before
- Departed
- H45 · Seminole, OK
- Airport
- 12
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,591 total · 138 in this make and model · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 9 knots
- 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.