- Date
- October 9, 1990, 17:25 local (23:25 UTC)
- Place
- Claremore, OK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N46174Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901009047699A
- Case key
- 23281
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Probable cause
Failure of pilot in command to insure the aircraft contained enough fuel for the flight resulting in engine failure due to fuel exhaustion.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The engine failed approximately 30 miles north east of the destination, tulsa, Oklahoma, due to fuel exhaustion. Enroute the flight encountered varying degrees of ice, but nearing tulsa conditions improved to visual flight rules. Initially there was a partial power loss and the pilot selected a precautionary landing site. A few minutes before touchdown total power was lost and a forced landing was made in rough terrain. During the landing roll the airplane struck trees, fences, and a ditch, causing it to rollover inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46174
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17257089
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E20, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Loewen, David B.
- Departed
- MLI · Moline, IL
- Destination
- TUL · Tulsa, OK
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 295 total · 125 in this make and model · 165 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUL, 10 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.
Other investigations on N46174 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.