# Incident 19960303005449I: Cessna 172N, Plano, TX, March 3, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1996, 19:13 local time
- Place: Plano, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0198° N, 96.6989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plano, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0198&lon=-96.6989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739NH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N739NH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960303005449I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 3, 1996, AT 1913 CST, CESSNA 172N, REGISTRATION NUMBER N739NH, OWNED BY AEROCHAPULIN, GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AND OPERATED BY DENNIS W. BLACK, MADE A FORCED LANDING ON WILLOW BEND SOCCER FIELD IN PLANO, TEXAS AS A RESULT OF FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM COLUMBIA, MISSOURI AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 CST, ENROUTE NON-STOP TO ADDISON, TEXAS. WITH FULL FUEL 40 GALLONS UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES AT A CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 4,500 FEET MSL. AT 1913 CST, ALTITUDE 2500 FEET MSL INBOUND TO ADS, THE PILOT REPORTED TO ADS TOWER THAT HE HAD RUN OUT OF FUEL AND THE PROPELLER HAD STOPPED. PILOT LANDED IN A FIELD AND DURING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT HIT A SOCCER GOAL CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND DESTROYING THE GOAL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR THREE PASSENGERS ONBOARD. EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL TANKS AT THE SCENE REVEALED NO FUEL REMAINING. PILOT STATED THAT THERE APPEARED TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE LEFT FUEL GAUGE BEFORE THIS FLIGHT AND THE PREVIOUS FLIGHT. LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS ON 8-1-1995. ELT DUE 8-1996. THIS INCIDENT 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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