- Date
- May 8, 1989, 19:00 local (May 9, 1989, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Woodland, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- CGREVCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 41008
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Probable cause
The pilot's poor planning and inadequate calculation of fuel consumption which resulted in fuel exhaustion.
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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustion
Fuel consumption calculations - inadequateCause
Preflight planning/preparation - poor
Forced landing
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Touchdown - abrupt
Terrain condition - soft
Analysis
At the end of a pleasure cross country flight, while on final approach, the engine lost power. A forced landing was made short of the runway. Post crash inspection of the airplane revealed that the fuel tanks were empty of usable fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CGREV
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17259623
- Airframe hours
- 2,511
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Raphael Perez, doing business as Pan West Air
- Registered owner
- Corsair Ventures, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 19, 1988 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- S43 · Snohomish, WA
- Destination
- WA71 · Woodland, WA
- Airport
- WA71 · Woodland, runway 15, 1,965 × 25 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 48 total · 4 in this make and model · 27 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F