# NTSB Accident DEN03LA088
> **Cessna 175B** · 2003-05-23 · Cedar City, UT, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN03LA088
- **Event ID:** 20030605X00784
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-05-23
- **Location:** Cedar City, UT, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.590988, -113.189872
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 175B
- **Registration:** N8199T
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's inadvertently switching the fuel selector to the right tank, resulting in fuel starvation, and his failure to maintain direction control during the forced landing.  Contributing factors were the crosswind and the tree.

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