# Incident 19830731049859I: Cessna 172M, Drummond, MT, July 31, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1983, 08:00 local time
- Place: Drummond, MT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.6666° N, 113.1470° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Drummond, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6666&lon=-113.1470&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80209, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80209-2013-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 164 total, 118 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830731049859I

## Narrative

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

FUEL INDICATOR SHOWED EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF FUEL HAD BEEN USED. FOUND ALTERNATOR NOT OPERATING AND A DEAD BATTERY.

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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