# Incident 19810625056859I: Cessna 172F, Meeker, CO, June 25, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 1981, 12:10 local time
- Place: Meeker, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0500° N, 107.8946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Meeker, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0500&lon=-107.8946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7873U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7873U-2003-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810625056859I

## Narrative

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

ZA ON CLIMBOUT FUEL SELECTOR BROKE CHANGING TANKS. FOUND FUEL SELECTOR VALVE BALL WORN AND GALLED.

## Other reports on N7873U (3)

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

- [Accident 20020611015749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020611015749A), Jun 11, 2002: Cessna 172F (N7873U), Southjordan, UT, No damage. (-23) While returning from hurricane, UT, the aircraft ran out of fuel enroute to salt lake city airport #2. (U42). Landing was made in a plowed field, with…
- [Incident 19910313064739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910313064739I), Mar 13, 1991: Cessna 172F (N7873U), Dugway Proving, UT, Minor damage. Lost directional control on a crosswind landing. Propeller struck the runway.
- [Incident 19810609039859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810609039859I), Jun 9, 1981: Cessna 172F (N7873U), Rifle, CO, Minor damage. Zd student pilot allowed aircraft to veer off runway during touch and go landing in calm wind and struck post.

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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