- Date
- April 8, 1983, 22:14 local (Apr 9, 1983, 04:14 UTC)
- Place
- Paola, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N35722Cessna 172 I
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830408012009A
- Case key
- 33324
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acrt crashed in a pasture after fuel exhaustion during an approach to johnson county industrial arpt. The acft had made a missed approach at his destination of Nevada MO. Enroute to a suggested alterate of butler arpt. The weather became worse and johnson county became the viable alternate. During the approach the acrt ran out of fuel. Afterthe acrt descended out of the clouds it impacted right wing and nose low in a pasture. It then spun around and slid backwards into a fence. The pilot had received a weather briefing that reported ceilings and visibilities at or below instrument approach minimums in the vicinity of his destination and forecasted and reported airframe icing along his fltroute. The pilot filed an IFR flt plan. After the accident he stated that his passenger was eager to get to Nevada for an appointment on 4/9/83. Using the fuel consumption calculated from the last flt the acfts fuel range was about 4 hoursthe fuel was exhausted after 4 hours and 15 minutes on the accident flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35722
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 I
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17256935
- Airframe hours
- 1,760
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Samual G. Hopkins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 2, 1982 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- GBD · Great Bend, KS
- Destination
- NVD · Nevada, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- runway 35, 7,339 × 200 ft, asphalt
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
- 62
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,726 total · 628 in this make and model · 2,526 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft
- Temperature
- 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IXD, 10 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.
Other investigations on N35722 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.