19881104064829I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172H · Santa Fe, NM · November 4, 1988

Date
November 4, 1988 · 15:27 local
Place
Santa Fe, NM
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N8246L
Reported as
Cessna 172H
Reported engine
Continental O300D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
245 total50 in this make and model45 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.

Landed on a highway frontage road due to fuel exhaustion. Pilot stated head winds caused him to deplete his fuel.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED ON A HIGHWAY FRONTAGE ROAD DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. PILOT STATED HEAD WINDS CAUSED HIM TO DEPLETE HIS FUEL.