# Incident 19970612019109I: Cessna 172N, Chase City, VA, June 12, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 1997, 18:45 local time
- Place: Chase City, VA
- Airport: Chase City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7883° N, 78.5016° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHASE CITY MUNI (CXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7883&lon=-78.5016&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1576E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1576E-2023-04-01) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 800 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970612019109I

## Narrative

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

LOW ON FUEL EN ROUTE DUE THUNDERSTORM DEVIATIONS. RAN OUT OF FUEL A MILE FROM AIRPORT. LANDED ON HIGHWAY.

## Other reports on N1576E (2)

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

- [Incident 19981023033659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981023033659I), Oct 23, 1998: Cessna 172N (N1576E), Snohomish, WA, Minor damage. Pilot chained the tail of the aircraft to a block of cement in order to hand-prop the engine. After engine start, the aircraft began to move while dragging the…
- [Incident 19900823047999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900823047999I), Aug 23, 1990: Cessna 172N (N1576E), Willow Creek, CA, Minor damage. Hard landing. Came in high and fast. Unable to stop steep descent using full flaps.

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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