- Date
- September 27, 1991, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Burns, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5680TCessna 172E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910927043639A
- Case key
- 41553
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Probable cause
The pilot's delay in computing aircraft fuel consumption and his failure to land at an alternate airport along the route of flight. Factors relating to the accident were the tree by the landing area and the improper maintenance adjustment of the right magneto.
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 initiated a precautionary landing on a gravel road when the acft ran low on fuel before reaching the dest on a VFR x-country flt. The acft impacted a tree beside the road during landing ground roll. Exam of the wreckage revealed 3 gal fuel remaining and improper timing of the rt mag.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5680T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17251580
- Engine
- Continental O-300D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Parks, Glenn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- S48 · Sandy, OR
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 262 total · 221 in this make and model · 11 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BNO, 35 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.