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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172F · Colorado Spring, CO · April 26, 1992

Date: April 26, 1992 · 14:30 local
Place: Colorado Spring, CO
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N5242F
Reported as: Cessna 172F
Reported engine: Continental O300D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 195 total52 in this make and model28 in the last 90 days

N5242FRegistration cancelled Mar 26, 2003 · Cessna 172FS/N 17253325 · Built 1965 Airframe modelCessna 172F Engine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

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 quit due to fuel starvation after switching tanks. Landed in field. Fuel selector switch broke.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL STARVATION AFTER SWITCHING TANKS. LANDED IN FIELD. FUEL SELECTOR SWITCH BROKE.