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FTW92LA074

1992-02-26 · MC ALESTER, Oklahoma, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport MLC

Current FAA registration · N5499R

Make / Model
CESSNA 172F
Year of manufacture
1965 · 27 years old at event
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A6FCFE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

INADVERTENT STALL. A FACTOR WAS A TOTAL POWER LOSS DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.

Factual narrative

DURING A DAYTIME STUDENT PILOT SOLO CROSS COUNTRY, THE PILOT BECAME DISORIENTED, FLEW ALONG A HIGHWAY, AND EVENTUALLY REQUESTED AND RECEIVED VECTORS TO THE AIRPORT. DURING THE VFR APPROACH THE AIRPLANE WAS TOO HIGH AND AS THE PILOT INITIATED THE GO AROUND THERE WAS A TOTAL POWER LOSS DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. A WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE TERRAIN NOSE DOWN AND THEN WENT INVERTED. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1992_FTW92LA074.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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