ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175376
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| Date: | Wednesday 10 March 2004 |
| Time: | 09:57 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N |
| Owner/operator: | East Tennessee Pilots Club |
| Registration: | N6257F |
| MSN: | 17273175 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5400 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Knoxville, TN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Panama City, FL (PFN) |
| Knoxville, TN (TYS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the certified flight instructor, approximately 3 miles from the destination airport the engine began to "sputter", and then quit. The certified flight instructor offered to take control of the airplane to make the forced landing but the private pilot said he felt comfortable making the forced landing. The certified flight instructor allow the private pilot to make the forced landing in a open field. During the forced landing the airplane collided with a berm. The pilot's did not report any flight control anomalies prior to the accident. Examination of the airplane revealed the propeller was bent aft, the nose wheel broke off at the strut, and the fuselage was buckled. Examination of the fuel system revealed a small trace of fuel was found in the left and right fuel tanks, and no blockage was noted in the fuel lines. Review of the Cessna pilots operating handbook revealed in Section 7: the total usable fuel in standard configuration is 40 gallons with 3 gallons unusable. In long range configuration 50 gallons usable, and 4 gallons unusable.
Probable Cause: The CFI's inadequate in-flight planning/decision and his inadequate supervision which resulted in fuel exhaustion. A factor was the inadequate preflight planning/preparation to ensure an adequate fuel supply, and the berm.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20040323X00358&key=1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 January 1983 | N6257F | East Tennessee Pilot's Club | 0 | Knoxville, TN | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2015 17:55 | Noro | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 07-Dec-2017 17:47 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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