- Date
- November 28, 1992, 16:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Tryon, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N28ERCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921128048169A
- Case key
- 18623
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Probable cause
Power loss due to fuel starvation and the pilots improper selection of the off position on the fuel selector. 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 took off with the fuel selector on the left tank and an unknown minimum amount of fuel in the tank. During climb out the engine started running rough. Carburetor heat was applied and a total loss of power occurred when the pilot moved the fuel selector switch to the 'off' position. During the landing roll, the nose gear struck a railroad tie and the airplane nosed over. No anomalies were found or reported by the FAA inspector.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28ER
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269523
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mccutchen, Hurcel N.
- Registered owner
- Mccutchen, Hurcel N.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Destination
- SWO · Stillwater, OK
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,023 total · 1,023 in this make and model · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OKC, 30 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.