# NTSB MKC84LA065: Cessna 172, N78FR, Kennett, MO, January 25, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 25, 1984, 06:20 local (12:20 UTC)
- Place: Kennett, MO
- Coordinates: 36.239997, -90.039459 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2400&lon=-90.0395&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33623
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA065
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33623/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA065

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, circling (ifr)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight into known adverse weather - intentional, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel supply - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78FR-1984-05-07), registration cancelled 1984-05-07, S/N 17273135 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: RL-1332-76
- Airframe hours: 5254
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840125001389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840125001389A), Jan 25, 1984: Cessna 172N, Kennett, MO, Destroyed. Ran out of fuel on an IFR approach. Crash landed in a residence yard. No alternate planned and no instrument rating

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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