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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172L · Plattsburgh, NY · February 5, 1988

Date
February 5, 1988 · 22:30 local
Place
Plattsburgh, NY
Airport
Plattsburgh Afb
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N7608G
Reported as
Cessna 172L
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
286 total200 in this make and model53 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.

Ran out of fuel. Vectored to afb. Landed safely. Aircraft was refueled and continued to destination.

As the FAA filed it

RAN OUT OF FUEL. VECTORED TO AFB. LANDED SAFELY. AIRCRAFT WAS REFUELED AND CONTINUED TO DESTINATION.