- Date
- September 15, 1989, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Barnesville, MN
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3610LCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890915035089A
- Case key
- 34851
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to insure that the aircraft contained an adequate fuel supply to complete the flight.
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 pvt pilot said that during a normal, enroute descent for landing at his destination airport, the engine lost power. An emergency landing was attempted in a plowed farm field. Post accident investigation revealed the fuel tanks to be empty of usable fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3610L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17253779
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Johnson Frederick C.
- Registered owner
- Johnson Frederick C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1989
- Departed
- BWP · Wapheton, ND
- Destination
- 8M3 · Barnesville, MN
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 200 in this make and model · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AXN, 60 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.