# NTSB LAX88LA326: Cessna 172L, N7233Q, Banning, CA, September 20, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 19, 1988, 17:00 local (Sep 20, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Banning, CA
- Coordinates: 33.949851, -116.830764 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9499&lon=-116.8308&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26108
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX88LA326
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26108/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA326

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7233Q-1991-01-28), registration cancelled 1991-01-28, S/N 17260533 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Registry model: [Cessna 172L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (registry code 2072432) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17260533
- Airframe hours: 6785
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880919039559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880919039559A), Sep 19, 1988: Cessna 172L, Banning, CA, Substantial damage. Emergency landing on a golf course when engine quit. Impact damaged gear and firewall. Fuel tanks were empty.

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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