- Date
- August 23, 1992, 14:40 local (19:40 UTC)
- Place
- Weatherford, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1672YCessna 172C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920823032649A
- Case key
- 18560
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Probable cause
Fuel starvation as result of 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
The pilot was in cruise flight when a loss of engine power was experienced. The pilot started to execute a forced landing to a nearby airport but was forced to land on an access road for an interstate highway due to his low altitude. The left wing impacted a speed limit sign during rollout. The power loss was the result of fuel starvation due to a blockage in the fuel vent system. The airplane had not flown for approximately three months.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1672Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 172C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17249372
- Airframe hours
- 2,135
- Engine
- Continental O-300C, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Young, Gene D.
- Registered owner
- Young, Gene D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 5, 1992 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- 8F7 · Decatur, TX
- Destination
- 507 · Fort Worth, TX
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,670 total · 160 in this make and model · 1,670 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 32 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.