- Date
- February 21, 1984, 17:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place
- Mountain View, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3826LCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840221022829A
- Case key
- 33636
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with trees during a forced landing after the engine lost power. The plt had taken off for a x-country without full fuel tanks. After the accident a mechanic found no useable fuel aboard the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3826L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17253995
- Airframe hours
- 3,363
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Albert Chapman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 10, 1983 · 65 hours before
- Departed
- LIT · Little Rock, AR
- Destination
- 7M2 · Mountain View, AR
- Airport
- 7M2 · Wilcox Municipal, runway 27, 3,519 × 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 530 total · 386 in this make and model · 530 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HRO, 58 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 N3826L · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.