- Date
- August 2, 1991, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Cumby, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5524RCessna 172F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910802038909A
- Case key
- 23384
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Probable cause
Power loss due to a blocked fuel vent system. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
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
Thirty-four minutes after departure, a total loss of power was experienced due to a blocked fuel vent system. During the forced landing to an open field, the airplane collided with a barbed-wire fence and came to rest. The pilot did not possess a current medical certificate and had not received a current biennial flight review. The airplane had flown a total of five hours in the last eight months.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5524R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17253102
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles D. Wood
- Registered owner
- Charles D. Wood
- Last inspection
- Unknown · November 26, 1991
- Departed
- 59F · Seagoville, TX
- Destination
- SLR · Sulfur Springs, TX
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Expired
- Flight hours
- 309 total · 236 in this make and model · 273 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.