Accident · 1995-07-15

NTSB case ATL95LA137 · CESSNA 172D · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1995-07-15
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: CESSNA 172D (N3744S)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Adventure Air LLC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): ADVENTURE AIR INC.,

Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY PLAN ENOUGH FUEL FOR THE INTENDED FLIGHT WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT BECAME LOST/DISORIENTATED, AND HIGH VEGETATION IN THE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA.

Source: NTSB case ATL95LA137

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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