19940414007819I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172A · Polk, FL · April 14, 1994

Date: April 14, 1994 · 07:30 local
Place: Polk, FL
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N7808T
Reported as: Cessna 172A
Reported engine: Continental O300C
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 43 total36 in this make and model28 in the last 90 days

N7808TRegistered now · Cessna 172AS/N 47408 · Built 1960 Airframe modelCessna 172A 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.

Pilot ran out of gas while flying on top of clouds. Emergency landing in prison property field.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT RAN OUT OF GAS WHILE FLYING ON TOP OF CLOUDS. EMERGENCY LANDING IN PRISON PROPERTY FIELD.