- Date
- August 4, 1988, 20:30 local (Aug 5, 1988, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Moses Lake, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N84445Cessna 172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880804030219A
- Case key
- 40858
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on his first x-country flt in this type aircraft, the pilot decided to land short of the destination due to low fuel. The engine quit from fuel exhaustion during descent. The aircraft nosed over on touchdown in a soft irrigated field one mile from the airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84445
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17258473
- Airframe hours
- 4,613
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2C, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dennis Proffit
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 28, 1988 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- S29 · Gardiner, MT
- Destination
- EAT · Wenatchee, WA
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 291 total · 44 in this make and model · 228 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 125 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MWH, 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.
Other investigations on N84445 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.