# Incident 19901205065069I: Cessna 172C, Ellensburg, WA, December 5, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1990, 10:00 local time
- Place: Ellensburg, WA
- Airport: Bowers Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.0348° N, 120.5289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWERS FLD (ELN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0348&lon=-120.5289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1406Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1406Y-1994-03-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 50 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901205065069I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT AT CRUISE ALTITUDE. SUCCESSFUL RESTART AT LOWER ALTITUDE. DIRECTED BY ATC TO NEAREST AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N1406Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19930425010439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930425010439A), Apr 25, 1993: Cessna 172C (N1406Y), Darrington, WA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Pilot reported out of fuel over densely forested area at night. Struck trees and ground on forced landing.

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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