34.4952° N, 91.5486° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Stuttgart, AR, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 4, 1979 · 13:00 local
Place
Stuttgart, AR
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N1015V
Reported as
Cessna R172K
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
245 total11 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot caused aircraft to run out of fuel, engine quit, landed safely in rice field. Student airplane pilot.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO RUN OUT OF FUEL, ENGINE QUIT, LANDED SAFELY IN RICE FIELD. STUDENT AIRPLANE PILOT.