Cessna 172RG N4829V

Summary

On 21 December 1996 at about 01:15 local time, a Cessna 172RG registered N4829V, operated by Coporate Air Charter, was involved in an accident near Stamford, Connecticut, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 December 1996 at 01:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172RG

Registration

N4829V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Coporate Air Charter

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

White Plains → Providence

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC97LA032

1 person had minor injuries.

inadequate preflight by the pilot, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, due to an inadequate fuel supply of fuel. Darkness and trees in the emergency landing area were related factors.

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

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The pilot departed at night on a cross-country flight. After the airplane had climbed to 3,500 feet and had leveled about 8 miles from the airport, the engine lost power. The pilot selected a lighted street for a forced landing. During the landing, the airplane collided with trees and was damaged. The pilot did not verify the airplane's fuel load before he departed on the cross-country flight. The airplane had been flown 5.3 hours since the last refueling. Examination of the airplane did not disclose evidence of a mechanical malfunction. No usable fuel was found in the airplane's fuel system, and there was no evidence of a fuel spill. According to the airplane's information manual, the maximum time endurance, at 75 percent power, was about 5.3 hours.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.