19960411011099I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172D · Lincoln, IL · April 11, 1996

Date: April 11, 1996 · 11:05 local
Place: Lincoln, IL
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N2112Y
Reported as: Cessna 172D
Reported engine: Continental O300D
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,100 total300 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N2112YRegistered now · Cessna 172DS/N 17249612 · Built 1962 Airframe modelCessna 172D 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.

Narrative: on April 11, 1996 at approximately 1105 a.m., on a VFR flight from holmen, Wisconsin to Lincoln, Illinois the pilot experienced an engine failure and landed in an open field approximately two (2) miles north of Lincoln, Illinois. No flight plan was filed and the pilot and one passenger were not injured. The propeller had minor scratches to the face of the blades due to striking a wire fence. The pilot stated that he was flying in high wind speeds and had changed altitudes several times to find lower wind speeds. The aircraft uses auto fuel in accordance with an STC. The pilot obtained fuel and flew the aircraft to Lincoln, Illinois airport without further incident. The pilot stated that he ran out of fuel. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 11, 1996 AT APPROXIMATELY 1105 A.M., ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM HOLMEN, WISCONSIN TO LINCOLN, ILLINOIS THE PILOT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE AND LANDED IN AN OPEN FIELD APPROXIMATELY TWO (2) MILES NORTH OF LINCOLN, ILLINOIS. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE PROPELLER HAD MINOR SCRATCHES TO THE FACE OF THE BLADES DUE TO STRIKING A WIRE FENCE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS FLYING IN HIGH WIND SPEEDS AND HAD CHANGED ALTITUDES SEVERAL TIMES TO FIND LOWER WIND SPEEDS. THE AIRCRAFT USES AUTO FUEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN STC. THE PILOT OBTAINED FUEL AND FLEW THE AIRCRAFT TO LINCOLN, ILLINOIS AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE RAN OUT OF FUEL. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.