# Incident 19830610030429I: Cessna 172K, Columbus, TX, June 10, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 1983, 20:30 local time
- Place: Columbus, TX
- Airport: Columbus (Closed)
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7193° N, 96.5604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Columbus Airstrip, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7193&lon=-96.5604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79043, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79043-1986-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 150 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830610030429I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 19850208002899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850208002899A), Feb 8, 1985: Cessna 172K (N79043), Mccoy, TX, Substantial damage. In slow flight at low altitude,aircraft stalled and impacted ground left wing and nose low.

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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