- Date
- November 6, 1982, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Clarion, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2649LCessna 172H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821106057019A
- Case key
- 70257
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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
After engine quit pilot tried to return to airport but crashed off airport in a turn collapsing the nose gear and damaging the right wing. The fuel aboard was one gallon in left tank and about two gallons in right tank. The gauges indicated empty for left and slightly above empty for right tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2649L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-55849
- Airframe hours
- 2,798
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William A. Culbertson
- Registered owner
- William A. Culbertson
- Departed
- Clarion, PA
- Destination
- Clarion, PA
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 250 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
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 N2649L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.