Cessna R172-E N667GA

Summary

On 14 August 1999 at about 19:20 local time, a Cessna R172-E registered N667GA, operated by Frederick R. Zeier, was involved in an accident near Chiefland, Florida, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

14 August 1999 at 19:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Chiefland, Florida, United States

Coordinates

29.4702, -82.8593

Aircraft

Cessna R172-E

Registration

N667GA

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Frederick R. Zeier

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Dobbins Afb → Tampa

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL99LA116

4 people had minor injuries.

Premature fuel exhaustion due to a cracked fuel line. Contributing to the severity of the accident was the electrical service drop line, which crossed the roadway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, approximately two hours and 50 minutes into the cross country flight at 1500 feet msl, the fuel gauges indicated low fuel in the right tank and half fuel in the left tank. Approximately ten minutes later, the airplane lost manifold pressure with the fuel gauges indicating empty for the right tank and half fuel for the left tank. The pilot elected to land on a rural road. The airplane nosed over and came to a rest inverted substantially damaging the airplane. Examination of the wreckage revealed little evidence of fuel and revealed that the fuel line from the firewall to the input side of the gascolator was cracked.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.