# Incident 19890710042709I: Cessna 172D, Lakeland, FL, July 10, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1989, 14:40 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0395° N, 81.9498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeland, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0395&lon=-81.9498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2154Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2154Y-2017-05-18) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 375 total, 350 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890710042709I

## Narrative

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

FUEL EXHAUSTION. FORCED LANDING IN PASTURE. PILOT THOUGHT HE HAD ENOUGH FUEL FROM PAST PERFORMANCE.

## Other reports on N2154Y (2)

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

- [Incident 19810810064029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810810064029I), Aug 10, 1981: Cessna 172D (N2154Y), Montrose, CO, Minor damage. Pilot encountered turbulence. Landed on highway. Hit road sign with wing tip during taxi.
- [Accident 19730409006979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730409006979A), Apr 9, 1973: Cessna 172D (N2154Y), Animas, NM, Substantial damage. Hit rock.

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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