SPRING, TX, USA
N3373B
CESSNA 172G
THE PILOT CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO IFR WEATHER CONDITIONS WHICH HE HAD ENCOUNTERED NEAR HIS DESTINATION DURING THE LAST FEW MOMENTS OF HIS APPROXIMATE FOUR HOUR, NIGHT, CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. HE THEN TURNED BACK TO HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT TO LAND. HE WAS LOW ON FUEL. HIS ENGINE STOPPED ABOUT THREE MILES FROM THE INTENDED POINT OF TOUCHDOWN. HE DESCENDED THROUGH THE FOG AND SPOTTED A ROAD ON WHICH HE MADE A FORCED LANDING. DURING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED MAIL BOXES AND CAME TO REST IN THE FRONT OF A RESIDENCE.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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