# Accident 19791028036759A: Cessna 172N, Munster, IN, October 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 1979, 19:15 local time
- Place: Munster, IN
- Airport: Lansing Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5471° N, 87.5041° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Munster, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5471&lon=-87.5041&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738FU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N738FU-2017-11-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 137 total, 9 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FET02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FET02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791028036759A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL AT NIGHT TRYING TO REACH DESTINATION. LANDED IN BRICK-YARD ONE MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI80FET02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FET02), Oct 28, 1979: Cessna 172N (N738FU), Munster, IN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N738FU (1)

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

- [Incident 19940906036619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940906036619I), Sep 6, 1994: Cessna 172N (N738FU), Lake City, IA. Lost power. Landed in farm field. Pilot report out of fuel prematurely from full tanks.

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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