- Date
- August 18, 1991, 13:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hilo, HI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5921RCessna 172G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910818034699A
- Case key
- 27330
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Probable cause
Fuel exhaustion due to the installation of a non standard propeller for which no performance charts were available.
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
Less than one gallon of fuel was found in the combined fuel system. The pilot said he planned his flight and fuel required prior to departure. He produced the flight planning document for FAA inspectors, who confirmed the plan accurately detailed the trip. FAA inspectors found that a mccauley 1C172EM7649 propeller was installed. The performance chart in the POH were based on either a 7653 or 7651 propeller being installed on the aircraft. The FAA determined that the mccauley 7649 propeller is an allowable installation on the aircraft although it is a non standard one. According to the FAA, the 7649 propeller would affect the performance of the aircraft. Review of the aircraft records revealed that the propeller was installed by a previous owner, and the current owner was unaware of the non standard propeller installation and its invalidation of the performance charts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5921R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17253590
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kainoa Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- James N. Burdeaux, III
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- HNM · Hana, Maui, HI
- Destination
- ITO · Hilo, HI
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 90 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ITO, 5 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.