# Incident 19810617052269I: Cessna 172P, Fredericksburg, VA, June 17, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1981, 19:20 local time
- Place: Fredericksburg, VA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2993° N, 77.4867° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fredericksburg, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2993&lon=-77.4867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53051, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53051-2019-02-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810617052269I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING BECAUSE OF FUEL EXHAUSTION. PLANE WAS FUELED AND INSTRUCTOR FLEW IT OUT.

## Other reports on N53051 (1)

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

- [Accident 20180827012399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180827012399A), Aug 27, 2018: Cessna 172P (N53051), Winchester, VA, Substantial damage. The student pilot was conducting his third solo flight. While performing a touch and go on runway 32, the aircraft veered to the left as the power was applied…

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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