- Date
- July 16, 1987, 21:35 local (Jul 17, 1987, 01:35 UTC)
- Place
- Cantebury, NH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4673KCessna R172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870716034839A
- Case key
- 30454
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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
A local CFI heard the plt transmit over the UNICOM freq that he was 'north of the airport at 1100 ft & out of gas, so I guess I'm going to crash.' Attempts to contact the plt were unsuccessful. The CFI flew north of the airport & located the plane where it had crashed in a wooded area. Records indicated the acft had flown about 4.3 hrs since it was last refueled. No fuel was found in the acft during a post-acdnt exam.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4673K
- Reported as
- Cessna R172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1722007
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-KB, 195 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert W. Custance
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 18, 1986 · 81 hours before
- Departed
- BED · Bedford, MA
- Destination
- LCI · Laconia, NH
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
- 69
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 844 total · 640 in this make and model · 805 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CON, 6 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.