The pilot said when he started his cross-country flight, 2.4 hours had been flown by the airplane since the fuel tanks had been topped off. His first leg was 1.1 hours; he landed and spent approximately 1.5 hours on the ground. He was approximately 1.1 hours into his return flight, turning base for landing, when the engine lost power. He performed a forced landing to a large parking lot and impacted the fence on its perimeter during the landing roll. The airplanes right wing lift strut was bent, and the right wings leading edge was wrinkled and bent. No fuel was found in the airplanes fuel tanks.
July 5, 2008, Pomona, Calif., Cessna 172F
The pilot said when he started his cross-country flight, 2.4 hours had been flown by the airplane since the fuel tanks had been topped off. His first leg was 1.1 hours; he landed and spent approximately 1.5 hours on the ground. He was approximately 1.1 hours into his return flight, turning base for landing, when the engine lost power. He performed a forced landing to a large parking lot and impacted the fence on its perimeter during the landing roll. The airplanes right wing lift strut was bent, and the right wings leading edge was wrinkled and bent. No fuel was found in the airplanes fuel tanks.
Key Takeaways:
- The aircraft's engine lost power during a cross-country flight, leading to a forced landing in a parking lot.
- Investigation revealed no fuel in the tanks, indicating fuel exhaustion as the cause of the engine failure.
- The pilot had flown for an extended period without refueling, accumulating 2.4 hours before his flight, plus 1.1 hours on the first leg and 1.1 hours on the return leg.
- The forced landing resulted in the aircraft impacting a perimeter fence, bending the right wing lift strut and damaging the right wing's leading edge.
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