# Accident 19920902047009A: Cessna 172H, Windsor Locks, CT, September 2, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1992, 11:15 local time
- Place: Windsor Locks, CT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9298° N, 72.6580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Windsor Locks, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9298&lon=-72.6580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2458L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2458L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO92LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92LA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920902047009A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL. LANDED IN FIELD. PUT IN MORE FUEL. ENGINE QUIT ON TAKEOFF. DIRT IN FUEL. QUICK DRAIN INOPERATIVE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB BFO92LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92LA121), Sep 2, 1992: Cessna 172H (N2458L), New Braintree, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: WATER CONTAMINATED FUEL WHICH RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION.

## Other reports on N2458L (1)

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

- [Incident 19920901035019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920901035019I), Sep 1, 1992: Cessna 172H (N2458L), New Braintree, MA. Fuel exhaustion en route. Made off airport landing. Pilot stated left fuel gauge inoperative prior to flight.

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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