# Incident 19880920062789I: Cessna R172K, Summerdale, AL, September 20, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1988, 10:45 local time
- Place: Summerdale, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4767° N, 87.6876° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Summerdale, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4767&lon=-87.6876&mi=10
- Aircraft: N736YG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N736YG-2012-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Reported engine: CONT IO360KB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 370 total, 250 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880920062789I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. FOUND A CRACK IN SEAM OF FUEL TANK. FUEL LEAKED OUT.

## Other reports on N736YG (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19890904033689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890904033689A), Sep 4, 1989: Cessna 172K (N736YG), Midolothian, TX, Substantial damage. Allowed aircraft to veer off runway during a crosswind landing. Struck a mesquite tree.

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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