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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Woodland, WA · May 8, 1989

Date
May 8, 1989 · 19:00 local
Place
Woodland, WA
Airport
Woodland State Airport
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
CGREV
Reported as
Cessna 172
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Engine lost power on final after long flight. Landed short of runway. Fuel tanks were empty.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER ON FINAL AFTER LONG FLIGHT. LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY. FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY.