# Incident 19960411011099I: Cessna 172D, Lincoln, IL, April 11, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1996, 11:05 local time
- Place: Lincoln, IL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1507° N, 89.3703° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lincoln, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1507&lon=-89.3703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2112Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2112Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 300 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/19960411011099I

## Narrative

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

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.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.