# Incident 19970415015779I: Cessna 172P, Presque Isle, ME, April 15, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1997, 09:00 local time
- Place: Presque Isle, ME
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.6812° N, 68.0159° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Presque Isle, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6812&lon=-68.0159&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97154, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N97154) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 265 total, 265 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970415015779I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 15, 1997, MR. ROBERT WHITED DEPARTED BANGOR INTL ARPT, BANGOR, MAINE ON A VFR PLEASURE FLIGHT TO NORTHERN MAINE REGIONAL ARPT, PRESQUE ISLE, MAINE. APPROACHING THE PRESQUE ISLE AREA, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. MR. WHITED AND HIS PASSENGER RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH WAS OWNED BY MR. WHITED, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. MR. WHITED HAD LANDED IN A FIELD WITHOUT POWER. INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO MECHANICAL ANOMALIES, AND SHOWED THE FUEL SUPPLY ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT TO HAVE BEEN INADEQUATE FOR THE PLANNED FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N97154 (1)

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

- [Accident 19920521015589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920521015589A), May 21, 1992: Cessna 172P (N97154), Poughkeepsie, NY, Substantial damage. Added power on touch and go. Lost control. Veered off runway into a fence.

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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