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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Muncie, IN · May 2, 1983

Date: May 2, 1983 · 11:40 local
Place: Muncie, IN
Airport: Delaware Co
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N6262E
Reported as: Cessna 172
Reported engine: Continental O300A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 600 total450 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

N6262ERegistered now · Cessna 172S/N 46362 Airframe modelCessna 172 Engine modelContinental 0-300 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.

Ran out of fuel after diverting due to weather at destination. Unable to land at two airports due to crosswinds.

As the FAA filed it

RAN OUT OF FUEL AFTER DIVERTING DUE TO WEATHER AT DESTINATION. UNABLE TO LAND AT TWO AIRPORTS DUE TO CROSSWINDS.