# Incident 19890813056729I: Cessna 172G, St James, MO, August 13, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1989, 20:33 local time
- Place: St James, MO
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0024° N, 91.6134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. James, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0024&lon=-91.6134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72PF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72PF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890813056729I

## Narrative

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

FUEL EXHAUSTION SHORT OF DESTINATION. LANDED IN FIELD. DIRECTIONAL GYRO INOPERATIVE. CAUSED HIM TO FLY OFF COURSE.

## Other reports on N72PF (2)

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

- [Accident 19880324006609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880324006609A), Mar 24, 1988: Cessna 172G (N72PF), Springfield, MO, Substantial damage. Blown up and onto a wing tip while turning on the runway for takeoff. Surface wind gusts exceeded aircraft control.
- [Incident 19870225013929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870225013929I), Feb 25, 1987: Cessna 172G (N72PF), Springfield, MO. Aircraft fuel exhausted on final approach. Landed short of runway.

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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