# Incident 19820925066239I: Cessna 172M, Plainfield, IL, September 25, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1982, 18:05 local time
- Place: Plainfield, IL
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6294° N, 88.2456° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plainfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6294&lon=-88.2456&mi=10
- Aircraft: N123LP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 507 total, 148 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820925066239I

## Narrative

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

FUEL EXHAUSTION CAUSED PILOT TO LAND IN FIELD. FUEL GAGE TRANSMITTER FAULTY. HAD CHECKED FUEL WITH HIS FINGER.

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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