- Date
- October 11, 1988, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lancaster, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9108BCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881011046199A
- Case key
- 36322
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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 pilot of the Cessna 172 was returning solo from atlantic city when the aircraft ran out of fuel. He landed in a corn field and the aircraft flipped over. Examination of the wreckage revealed no fuel in the aircraft. The plt said he fueled the acft with 20 gals of fuel before his flt from harrisburg, PA to atlantic city. No refueling was performed at atlantic city for the return flt to hanover, PA. The flight was conducted as a personal flight, not in connection with flight training.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9108B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36608
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert A. Reed
- Registered owner
- Robert Alan Reed
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 20, 1988
- Departed
- Atlantic City, NJ
- Destination
- Hanover, 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
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 65 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.