- Date
- January 25, 1984, 06:20 local (12:20 UTC)
- Place
- Kennett, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N78FRCessna 172
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840125001389A
- Case key
- 33623
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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 acft crashed in IMC weather after the engine lost power due to fuel exhaustion. The plt had received a briefing on the weather prior to departure. Post accident investigation revealed less than 2 gallons of fuel remained aboard the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78FR
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- RL-1332-76
- Airframe hours
- 5,254
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hal Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 1, 1983 · 73 hours before
- Departed
- DAY · Dayton, OH
- Destination
- M14 · Kennet, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- M14 · Kennett, runway 17, 3,110 × 50 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 98 total · 95 in this make and model · 95 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 280° at 3 knots
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BYH, 14 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.