# Incident 19951223044329I: Cessna 172G, Waco, TX, December 23, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1995, 15:18 local time
- Place: Waco, TX
- Airport: Waco Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6122° N, 97.2303° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WACO RGNL (ACT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6122&lon=-97.2303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3856L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3856L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 270 total, 170 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/19951223044329I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. PEDRO PABLO LUZURIAGA DEPARTED WEISER FIELD (EYQ), HOUSTON, TX ON 12-23-95 AT 1130 CST, ENROUTE TO WACO REGIONAL (ACT) VIA BRENHAM (BNH), COLLEGE STATION (CLL), BASTROP, TX, AUSTIN (AUS), AND KILLEEN (ILE). MR. LUZURIAGA STATED HE LOST TRACK OF TIME, MISJUDGED THE FUEL BURN, AND LANDED SHORT OF HIS DESTINATION DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. MR. LUZURIAGA MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FOOTBALL FIELD IN WACO AT 1518 WITH MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N3856L (1)

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

- [Incident 19941023039549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941023039549I), Oct 23, 1994: Cessna 172G (N3856L), Waller, TX. Giving rides to boy scouts. Failed to watch fuel quanity. Ran out of fuel on third flight. Landed on private strip.

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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