# Incident 19951006044229I: Cessna 172E, San Carlos, CA, October 6, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 1995, 22:05 local time
- Place: San Carlos, CA
- Airport: San Carlos Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5119° N, 122.2495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN CARLOS (SQL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5119&lon=-122.2495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N227M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N227M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 722 total, 250 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951006044229I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THIS INCIDENT WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF SJC FSDO BY SAN CARLOS AIRPORT SECURITY. THE AIRPORT REPORT STATES THAT CE-172, N227M WAS OBSERVED LANDING DOWNWIND ON RUNWAY 12 "FASTER AND ROUGHER" THAN NORMAL. THE PILOT STATED HE LANDED DOWNWIND BECAUSE HE BELIEVED HE WAS VERY LOW ON FUEL. MR. JOHNSON TOLD THE FAA THAT DURING HIS NIGHT FLIGHT FROM SANTA ROSA, CALIF., TO SAN CARLOS THE GAS WENT DOWN FASTER THAN EXPECTED AND HE WAS GETTING CONCERNED. HE STATED HE OBSERVED THE GAUGES INDICATING "0" ON THE LEFT SIDE, AND "1/4" TANK ON THE RIGHT SIDE WITH THE AIRCRAFT IN A SLIP. HE SAID HE BELIEVED THE AIRCRAFT HAD ENOUGH FUEL TO COMPLETE A LANDING AT SAN CARLOS. HE FURTHER STATED HE MAINTAINED CONSTANT RADIO CONTACT WITH BAY APPROACH, SFO TWR AND MONITORED SQL TRAFFIC ADVISORY FREQUENCY PRIOR TO LANDING AT SAN CARLOS. HE WAS AWARE OF THE WIND, BUT ELECTED TO LAND DOWNWIND BECAUSE OF THE PERCEIVED LOW FUEL SITUATION. HE DID NOT ADVISE ANYONE OF THE LOW FUEL CONDITION. MR. JOHNSON SAID AFTER REFUELING THE AIRCRAFT HE DETERMINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD ADEQUATE NIGHT VFR FUEL RESERVES UPON LANDING. MR. JOHNSON WAS COUNSELED BY THIS OFFICE WITH REGARD TO ADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING FUEL LEVELS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. HE STATED HE IS KEEPING FUEL LOGS IN THE AIRCRAFT TO ENSURE THAT FUEL BURN IS ACCURATE AND IN CONCURRENCE WITH PERFORMANCE DATA PROVIDED IN THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT MANUAL. NO 8020-11 GENERATED. THIS COMPLETES THE INVESTIGATION AND THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

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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