- Date
- July 15, 1984, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Forrestport, NY
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3736LCessna 172G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840715032429A
- Case key
- 35708
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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
The acft stalled into trees near the edge of a lake and tumbled into the water after the engine quit due to fuel exhaustion at 2000 ft AGL aprx 2 miles from the lake. The plt said he should have used a dip-stick to measure the fuel in the tanks before takeoff instead of relying on the gages. The gages indicated zero on the left tank and between 3/8 and 5/8 on the right tank before takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3736L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17253905
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dr. J.B. Millet
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- White Lake, NY
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 718 total · 718 in this make and model · 455 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.