# Accident 19800508011869A: Cessna 172E, Roseville, CA, May 8, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1980, 02:51 local time
- Place: Roseville, CA
- Airport: Mcclellan Afb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7521° N, 121.2880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roseville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7521&lon=-121.2880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5552T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5552T-1980-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 184 total, 90 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FVG37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVG37) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800508011869A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DID NOT CHECK FUEL TIME USED & DID NOT PREFLIGHT BEFORE A RETURN FLIGHT. RAN OUT OF FUEL.

## 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 LAX80FVG37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVG37), May 8, 1980: Cessna 172E (N5552T), Roseville, CA, destroyed

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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