# Incident 19881112066279I: Cessna R172E, Monroe, IL, November 12, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 1988, 18:39 local time
- Place: Monroe, IL
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1080° N, 88.9978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Township of Monroe, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1080&lon=-88.9978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96412, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96412-1991-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172E (registry code 2072413, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 30 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881112066279I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT. EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD. APPEARS FUEL EXHAUSTION WAS THE CAUSE. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

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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