- Date
- May 21, 1982, 12:35 local (22:35 UTC)
- Place
- Hilo, HI
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7320KCessna 172XP
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 71031
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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 stated that he requested 30 gallons of fuel for an estimated flight time of 3.5 hours. During the flight the engine ran rough and the right tank went to empty. The pilot then switched tanks and about 2 minutes later the pilot stated that the left tank must have gone dry as the engine sputtered and died. An emergency landing was made into a sugar cane field where the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7320K
- Reported as
- Cessna 172XP
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1722056
- Airframe hours
- 7
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-K, 195 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Merchant Air
- Registered owner
- Merchant Air
- Departed
- Hilo, HI
- Destination
- Hilo, HI
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 64 total · 24 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
Other investigations on N7320K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.