35.3273° N, 96.9253° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Shawnee, OK, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 26, 1979 · 19:48 local
Place
Shawnee, OK
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N70054
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
109 total42 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.
Forced landing after engine quit. Pilot had just switched fuel tanks.
As the FAA filed it
FORCED LANDING AFTER ENGINE QUIT. PILOT HAD JUST SWITCHED FUEL TANKS.