# Incident 19950416010689I: Cessna R172E, Orlando, FL, April 16, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1995, 14:51 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Private
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5383° N, 81.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orlando, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5383&lon=-81.3792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7890N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7890N-2013-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172E (registry code 2072413, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950416010689I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM TYNDALL AFB TO PATRICK AFB ON A VFR CROSS-COUNTRY. PILOT STATES HE LOST POWER AND EXECUTED AN IN-FLIGHT POWER LOSS EMERGENCY PROCEDURE. THE "PROCEDURE" CALLS FOR A FUEL SELECTOR SWITCH REPOSITIONING TO THE OPPOSITE TANK. WHEN HE SWITCHED THE SELECTOR TO THE LEFT TANK ENGINE POWER WAS RESTORED AND HE CONTINUED WITH THE REQUESTED LANDING AT MCCOY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. PILOT LANDED ON RWY 17 WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIED OVER TO ASI. 7 GAL REMAINED IN THE LEFT TANK. THE PILOT THEN PURCHASED ADDITIONAL FUEL FOR THE RIGHT TANK.

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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