# Incident 19781022029699I: Cessna 172, Westminster, MD, October 22, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1978, 19:20 local time
- Place: Westminster, MD
- Airport: Clearview
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5792° N, 77.0067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westminster, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5792&lon=-77.0067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2553L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 100 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/19781022029699I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF AFTER FOUR HOURS OF FUEL USED, GAUGES SHOWING ONE QUARTER. RAN OUT OF FUEL.

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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