Skyhawk Down Cape Cod

Bravo to the pilot for getting the job done. I fly over those beaches regularly and often wondered how my nose wheel would make out if we needed to land on them.
 
Yeah, sadly we have few good options for emergency landing on the Cape. Cranberry bogs, golf courses, and beaches is about it. Everything else is trees, power lines, solar panels and packed parking lots. Just spoke with one of the A&Ps there...plane is back home in pieces and investigating the cause.
 
Looks like the pilot did a great job on landing on the sand.
 

Accident Cessna 172D Skyhawk N2710U, Sunday 16 June 2024

In preparation for a local revenue sightseeing flight with two passengers, the pilot performed a preflight inspection of the airplane and used a generic fuel quantity dipstick that requir...
asn.flightsafety.org

Final report was released last month.

Classic case of fuel exhaustion, unfortunately. The plane has been repaired and is back in service. Best outcome one could ask for. I doubt the paying passengers on the sight-seeing tour see it the same way, though. :D
 
Can't wrap my head around what the pilot was thinking after reading that report. "Thought he had 12 gallons." The last time I took off with 12 gallons of fuel, it was in an aircraft that only held 12 gallons of fuel. Glad nobody was hurt.
 
Safe landing is a great landing
 
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