- Date
- February 3, 1986, 01:00 local (07:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Jackson, TX
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N52768Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860203002119A
- Case key
- 21949
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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 crashed during forced landing after a power loss. The acft eng quit, after a 4 hr x-country, during the lndg approach. The acft had been flown locally over an hour by another plt (crew). This made a cumulative flt time on the acft of over 5 hrs since refueling. The acft held 40 usable gallons of fuel and burned 8 or more gals of fuel an hr depending on circumstances of operation. The acft was examined for fuel after the acc and a little fuel was found in the tanks and carburetor float bowl but none in the gascolator or related fuel lines. The refueled eng was run successfully on a test stand after the acc. One of the passengers said he and the plt noted the fuel gauges at a low fuel state near the end of the flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52768
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274604
- Airframe hours
- 1,248
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Brazosport Lfying Clumb, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 8, 1985 · 48 hours before
- Departed
- 3R5 · New Braunfels, TX
- Destination
- LBX · Lake Jackson, TX
- Airport
- LBX · Brazoria Co., runway 17, 6,001 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 19
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 198 total · 182 in this make and model · 138 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Night/dark
- Wind
- 140° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOU, 34 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.