# Accident 19800130002009A: Cessna R172E, El Paso, TX, January 30, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 1980, 13:03 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N221FB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N221FB-1984-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172E (registry code 2072413, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 395 total, 66 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DQD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DQD03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800130002009A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED ON LOCAL PRACTICE FLIGHT WITHOUT FULL FUEL. RAN OUT OF FUEL ON VOR APPROACH.HIT SAND DUNE SHORT OF AIRPORT

## 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 FTW80DQD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DQD03), Jan 30, 1980: Cessna R172 (N221FB), El Paso, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N221FB (1)

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

- [Accident 19770618015029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770618015029A), Jun 18, 1977: Cessna R172E (N221FB), El Paso, TX, Substantial damage

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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