# Incident 19920822040449I: Cessna 172C, Lancaster, PA, August 22, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1992, 15:50 local time
- Place: Lancaster, PA
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0421° N, 76.3010° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0421&lon=-76.3010&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1429Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1429Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 250 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920822040449I

## Narrative

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

FUEL EXHAUSTION. FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD. FOUND LEFT WING FUEL CAP GASKET WAS LEAKING.

## Other reports on N1429Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19971029038219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971029038219I), Oct 29, 1997: Cessna 172C (N1429Y), Concord, NC. Narrative: Friday, 10/24/97 around 5 pm my aircraft developed a problem coming into gso. In the air I reported engine missing and got direct inbound to 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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