# Incident 19880925058799I: Cessna 172D, Anchorage, AK, September 25, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1988, 17:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2418U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2418U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 95 total, 95 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880925058799I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. FORCED LANDING ON BEACH. LATER REFUELED AND FLOWN. CONFLICT ON USEABLE FUEL.

## Other reports on N2418U (1)

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

- [Incident 19890605039159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890605039159I), Jun 5, 1989: Cessna 172D (N2418U), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Wake turbulence caused aircraft to flip on nose when told to taxi behind a 747. Advised by ATC of turbulence.

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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