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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172L · Ft Pierce, FL · August 30, 1981

Date: August 30, 1981 · 17:00 local
Place: Ft Pierce, FL
Airport: Fort Pierce
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N19778
Reported as: Cessna 172L
Reported engine: Continental O470B
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 322 total250 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N19778Registered now · Cessna 172LS/N 17260745 · Built 1972 Airframe modelCessna 172L Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

Pilot checked fuel gauges did not check tank. Ran out of fuel, landed in wet field, broke nose gear.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT CHECKED FUEL GAUGES DID NOT CHECK TANK. RAN OUT OF FUEL, LANDED IN WET FIELD, BROKE NOSE GEAR.