# NTSB NYC83LA082: Cessna 172, N2918E, Syracuse, NY, March 25, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 25, 1983, 18:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Location: 43.1253° N, 76.1108° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from SYRACUSE HANCOCK INTL (SYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1253&lon=-76.1108&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35164
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA082
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35164/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA082

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (contributing factor)
  - fuel supply - inattentive, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2918E), registered now, S/N 17271372, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2072434
- Airframe hours: 2302
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830325011749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830325011749A), Mar 25, 1983: Cessna 172N, Dewitt, NY, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel approaching destination airport. Landed on a golf course, shearing off the nose gear.

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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