Accident · 1990-04-18

NTSB case DEN90LA093 · CESSNA 172 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1990-04-18
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: CESSNA 172 (N3233L)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: EAGLE AVIATION INC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): EAGLE AVIATION, INC.

Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO PREFLIGHT AND SECURE THE FUEL CAP WHICH RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF FUEL AND THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FROM FUEL EXHAUTION. FACTOR WAS SOFT TERRAIN DURING FORCED LANDING.

Source: NTSB case DEN90LA093

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.

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