# Incident 19920609045059I: Cessna 172N, Gila Bend, AZ, June 9, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1992, 15:20 local time
- Place: Gila Bend, AZ
- Airport: Gila Bend Afaux Airport
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8878° N, 112.7196° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILA BEND AF AUX (GXF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8878&lon=-112.7196&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5447J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5447J-2018-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 500 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/19920609045059I

## Narrative

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

LANDED AT GILA BEND AIR FORCE BASE. PILOT THOUGHT HE WAS LANDING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. HAD OUT DATED WAC CHART.

## Other reports on N5447J (1)

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

- [Accident 20010528009169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010528009169A), May 28, 2001: Cessna 172N (N5447J), Georgetown, TX, Substantial damage. (.19)On may 28, 2001, at 1722 central daylight time, a Cessna 172N, N5447J, was destroyed when it struck trees during an emergency landing at the Georgetown…

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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