- Date
- October 22, 1988, 23:45 local (Oct 23, 1988, 04:45 UTC)
- Place
- San Antonio, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7185QCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881022048769A
- Case key
- 22808
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane had been flown for 2.2 hours since refueling when this pilot started his flight. This pilot flew the airplane for 2.5 hours and the engine quit. During the forced landing, the airplane impacted a power pole and power lines, and then the terrain. No usable fuel fuel was found in the fuel tanks. No preimpact problems could be found with the airplane or engine. One fuel line between the firewall fuel filter and the carburetor was found to be broken but no indication of spilled fuel was found. Plts last medical exam was jan 1986.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7185Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17260485
- Airframe hours
- 4,784
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Powell, Marion E.
- Registered owner
- Powell, Marion E
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 9, 1988 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- GLS · Galveston, TX
- Destination
- SAT
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 290 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 170° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAT, 5 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.