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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172K · Columbus, TX · June 10, 1983

Date
June 10, 1983 · 20:30 local
Place
Columbus, TX
Airport
Columbus (Closed)
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N79043
Reported as
Cessna 172K
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
300 total150 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

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.

Fuel gauges showed empty. Hit a fence. Landed on a closed airport. Found a faulty alternator. No electrical power.

As the FAA filed it

FUEL GAUGES SHOWED EMPTY. HIT A FENCE. LANDED ON A CLOSED AIRPORT. FOUND A FAULTY ALTERNATOR. NO ELECTRICAL POWER.

Other reports on N79043 · 1

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