- Date
- January 21, 1986, 03:30 local (09:30 UTC)
- Place
- Spring, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3373BCessna 172G
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860121001499A
- Case key
- 21994
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot continued VFR flight into IFR weather conditions which he had encountered near his destination during the last few moments of his approximate four hour, night, cross-country flight. He then turned back to houston intercontinental airport to land. He was low on fuel. His engine stopped about three miles from the intended point of touchdown. He descended through the fog and spotted a road on which he made a forced landing. During rollout the aircraft impacted mail boxes and came to rest in the front of a residence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3373B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17253577
- Airframe hours
- 4,710
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Allen J. Braden
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 25, 1985
- Departed
- MOB · Mobile, AL
- Destination
- DWH · Tom Ball, TX
- Airport
- IAH · Houston
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,091 total · 557 in this make and model · 3,091 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IAH, 3 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.