# Incident 19970522016579I: Cessna 120, Alachua, FL, May 22, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1997, 14:45 local time
- Place: Alachua, FL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7516° N, 82.4248° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alachua, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7516&lon=-82.4248&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4037N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4037N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 120 (registry code 2071402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 198 total, 70 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970522016579I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT RAN OUT OF FUEL IN LESS TIME THAN THE FLIGHT MANUAL ALLOWED. HE KNEW HE WAS LOW ON FUEL AND PRESSED FORWARD UNTIL THE ENGINE QUIT. PILOT HAS BEEN COUNSELED ON POOR JUDGMENT. LANDED IN OPEN FIELD: NO DAMAGE NO INJURY.

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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