# NTSB FTW92LA074: Cessna 172F, N5499R, Mc Alester, OK, February 27, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 26, 1992, 18:19 local (Feb 27, 1992, 00:19 UTC)
- Place: Mc Alester, OK
- Location: 34.8824° N, 95.7835° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC ALESTER RGNL (MLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8824&lon=-95.7835&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report July 23, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 18446
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW92LA074
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/18446/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92LA074

## Probable cause

INADVERTENT STALL. A FACTOR WAS A TOTAL POWER LOSS DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, go-around (vfr)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Loss of control - in flight, descent - emergency
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
- Nose over, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

DURING A DAYTIME STUDENT PILOT SOLO CROSS COUNTRY, THE PILOT BECAME DISORIENTED, FLEW ALONG A HIGHWAY, AND EVENTUALLY REQUESTED AND RECEIVED VECTORS TO THE AIRPORT. DURING THE VFR APPROACH THE AIRPLANE WAS TOO HIGH AND AS THE PILOT INITIATED THE GO AROUND THERE WAS A TOTAL POWER LOSS DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. A WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE TERRAIN NOSE DOWN AND THEN WENT INVERTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5499R](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5499R), registered now, S/N 17253069, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Registry model: [Cessna 172F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (registry code 2072414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17253069
- Airframe hours: 3656
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300D 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Cac, Inc.
- Registered owner: Cac, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 11, 1991, 92 hours before
- Departed: PRX, PARIS, TX
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: MLC, Mc Alester Regional, runway 1, 5,602 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 68 total, 59 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920226004109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920226004109A), Feb 26, 1992: Cessna 172F, Mcalester, OK, Substantial damage. Disoriented. Vectored to nearest airport after passing destination. Out of fuel on final. Dived aircraft into ground

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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