Cessna 172 N6146E

Summary

On 16 August 1995 at about 23:30 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N6146E was involved in an accident near Wheeling, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

16 August 1995 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Wheeling, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Palwaukee Municipal Arpt. (PWK)

Coordinates

42.1292, -87.9197

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N6146E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Carmi → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI95LA281

Nobody was injured.

inadequate preflight planning and preparation by the pilot and an inadverent stall encountered by the pilot.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was observed by a flight instructor 'wallowing around' on final approach. He said the airplane stalled when it was about 80 feet above the ground. He said the airplane collided with trees during its uncontrolled descent following the stall. The witness said the propeller was not rotating and the airplane had 20 degrees of flaps extended. The pilot said the engine ran rough for a few moments when he was on final approach. He said it stopped running when he applied carburetor heat. The pilot said he had flown about 4 hours and 5 minutes after departing with full fuel tanks. Inspection of the airplane revealed the fuel tanks were empty. No fuel was found on the ground surrounding the airplane. Endurance for the airplane with full fuel ranges between 3.9 and 4.4 hours, depending upon the mixture setting.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.