# Incident 19790214005539I: Cessna 172M, West Charleston, OH, February 14, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1979, 18:30 local time
- Place: West Charleston, OH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9231° N, 84.1336° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Charleston, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9231&lon=-84.1336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20445, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20445) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 287 total, 160 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/19790214005539I

## Narrative

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

DUE TO DETERIORATING WEATHER AND WHILE BENG VECTORED FOR APPROACH PLANE RAN OUT OF GAS.

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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