- Date
- February 9, 1984, 12:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place
- Thibodaux, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2103ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840209057599A
- Case key
- 21255
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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 nosed over during a forced landing after the engine quit. A FBO visually inspected the wreckage acft and found little gas and a lack of fuel odor around the acft. Later the engine was refueled and ran normally. The 3 acft fuel tanks were found empty prior to the refueling for the engine test.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2103E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271157
- Airframe hours
- 4,855
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Brentco Aeronautical
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 19, 1983 · 105 hours before
- Departed
- AUO · Auburn, AL
- Destination
- 6RO · Slidell, LA
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 4,000 in this make and model · 300 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.