- Date
- March 25, 1983, 18:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place
- Syracuse, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2918ECessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830325011749A
- Case key
- 35164
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft made an emergency landing on a golf course after the engine quit on final approach to Syracuse, NY. The acft had departed van wert, oh at 1350 and stopped for about 20 minutes at columbus, oh to pick up a passenger at 1445. The pilot contacted approach control approaching Syracuse and was vectored into the traffic pattern for runway 32. The pilot stated the engine sputtered and quit while on final approach. He contacted approach control saying he was out of fuel and could not make the airport. A forced landing was made on a nearby golf course. During landing the nose gear was sheared off. The acft had been airborne about 5 hours when it landed at 1850. Examination of the acft revealed that it had no usable fuel aboard at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2918E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2072434
- Airframe hours
- 2,302
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tas Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 5, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- Van Wert, OH
- Destination
- SYR · Syracuse, NY
- Airport
- SYR · Syracuse/Hancock, runway 32, 7,500 × 150 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 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 71 total · 6 in this make and model · 39 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.