19880710037579I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172D · State College, PA · July 10, 1988

Date: July 10, 1988 · 07:30 local
Place: State College, PA
Airport: University Park
Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2438Y
Reported as: Cessna 172D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 99 total39 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

N2438YRegistered now · Cessna 172DS/N 17249738 · Built 1962 Airframe modelCessna 172D Engine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

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.

Engine quit on final. Restarted,was too high and began go around. Quit again and landed off airport. Fuel exhausted.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON FINAL.RESTARTED,WAS TOO HIGH AND BEGAN GO AROUND. QUIT AGAIN AND LANDED OFF AIRPORT. FUEL EXHAUSTED.