- Date
- April 5, 1983, 06:59 local (12:59 UTC)
- Place
- Beaumont, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73192Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830405011799A
- Case key
- 20855
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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
According to the pilot he departed on a trip with an ete of 3.5 hours with an estimated 4.5 hours of fuel on board. After aprx 3.8 hours of flight the engine lost power and the pilot landed the acft on a service road. On rollout the left wing struck a highway sign.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73192
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17267319
- Airframe hours
- 2,526
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Green Wings Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · July 7, 1982 · 76 hours before
- Departed
- GLH · Greenville, MS
- Destination
- BPT · Beaumont, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BPT · Jefferson County, runway 12, 6,750 × 150 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 698 total · 252 in this make and model · 523 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 180° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BPT, 13 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.