# Incident 19780106001449I: Cessna 172, Morristown, NJ, January 6, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1978, 09:00 local time
- Place: Morristown, NJ
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7966° N, 74.4773° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morristown, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7966&lon=-74.4773&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N738FE-1982-12-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780106001449I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER ENGINE QUIT. CAUSE WAS IMPROPER PREFLIGHT, OUT OF FUEL.

## Other reports on N738FE (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19800906039799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800906039799A), Sep 6, 1980: Cessna 172N (N738FE), Atlanta, GA, Destroyed. Flew into power line over highway approaching destination. Crashed on highway, found hard drugs in pilot specimens

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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