- Date
- September 19, 1988, 17:00 local (Sep 20, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Banning, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7233QCessna 172L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880919039559A
- Case key
- 26108
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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
During a crosscountry flt, while enroute from lake havasu city, AZ, to Banning, CA, the engine experienced a loss of power. The airplane collided with the terrain after a forced landing. Inspection of the fuel system revealed there was no fuel on board.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7233Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17260533
- Airframe hours
- 6,785
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cable, Walter, doing business as Cable Air
- Registered owner
- Walter Cable
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 14, 1988 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- LHU · Lake Havasu, CA
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 162 total · 71 in this make and model · 104 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.