KIRKLAND, OH, USA
N7098A
CESSNA 172
PILOT HAD FLOWN FROM WISCONSON TO CAPE COD ON WEDNESDAY AND WAS RETURNING TO WISCONSIN ON SUNDAY. HE HAD DEPARTED PROVINCETOWN ON SUNDAY MORNING AND STOPPED AT HYANNIS DUE TO WEATHER. HE THEN FLEW ON TO SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY WITH A STOP AT WESTOVER, ARRIVING AT SARATOGA SPRINGS AT 2157 EDT. HE DEPARTED SARATOGA SPRINGS AT ABOUT 2250 EDT AND AFTER BEING AIRBORNE FOR ABOUT 4.25 HOURS, TOLD CLEVELAND APPROACH CONTROL THAT HE HAD AN ENGINE OUT. THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES. TWO AND ONE-HALF QUARTS OF FUEL WERE FOUND IN THE LEFT TANK; RIGHT TANK WAS EMPTY. ALTHOUGH THE RIGHT TANK HAD BEEN RUPTURED, NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL SPILLAGE WAS FOUND AT THE ACCIDENT SITE.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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