# Incident 19890320015299I: Cessna 172F, Stockbridge, MA, March 20, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1989, 18:00 local time
- Place: Stockbridge, MA
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2876° N, 73.3204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stockbridge, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2876&lon=-73.3204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5303R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5303R-2016-06-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890320015299I

## Narrative

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

RATHER THAN ENTER CLOUDS AHEAD, VFR PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN FIELD. FUEL IN TANKS.

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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