Cessna 172H accident near Baytown, TX
On July 8, 2014, a Cessna 172H (airplane) was involved in an accident near Baytown, TX. 3 people were seriously injured. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- July 8, 2014
- Place
- Baytown, TX
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172H · Airplane
- Injuries
- 0 fatal, 3 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 29.776°N, 94.941°W
- NTSB ID
- 20140708X21342
Official records · CEN14LA347
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
On July 7, 2014, at 2101 central daylight time, a Cessna 172H single-engine airplane, N3732R, was substantially damaged during an off-airport forced landing at Baytown, Texas. The pilot and both passengers sustained serious injuries. No persons on the ground were injured. The airplane was registered to a private individual and operated by a different private individual. Night visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed at the time of the accident and a flight plan had not been filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The airplane had departed Baytown Airport (HPY), Baytown, Texas, about 2015 for a local flight.The pilot reported that he departed HPY and flew around the local area for about 45-minutes on a sightseeing flight. After touchdown on his return landing at HPY he decided to do a touch-and-go. During initial climb, when the airplane was southbound and about 400 feet above ground level (agl), there was a complete loss of engine power. The pilot identified a forced landing area to his direct front and maneuvered the airplane to touchdown southbound in a flat clear area which was immediately adjacent to two lighted baseball diamonds in a city park. When the airplane was descending at 50 feet agl the right wing impacted the bottom set of wires on a 100-foot tall electrical transmission line. The pilot reported that he never saw the wires, but saw a bright flash as the airplane came in contact with them. Control was lost and the airplane impacted terrain and a fence on the edge of the unoccupied baseball diamond and came to rest inverted
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to verify the fuel onboard before the flight, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
