# Incident 19880205010869I: Cessna 172L, Plattsburgh, NY, February 5, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1988, 22:30 local time
- Place: Plattsburgh, NY
- Airport: Plattsburgh Afb
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6920° N, 73.4583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plattsburgh, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6920&lon=-73.4583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7608G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7608G-2012-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 286 total, 200 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880205010869I

## Narrative

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

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

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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