# Accident 19980226023659A: Cessna 172N, Rutland, VT, February 26, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 1998, 10:10 local time
- Place: Rutland, VT
- Airport: Rutland State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4878° N, 72.9341° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4878&lon=-72.9341&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5593E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5593E-2013-08-20) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 112 total, 24 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD98LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980226023659A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL LANDED SHORT OF DESTINATION RUT. CLIPPED TREE TOPS. LANDED IN BRUSH. FOLDED NOSED GEAR. HEADWINDS. (-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LANASTER, PA WITH UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF FUEL. ENGINE FAILURE OCCURRED AT 3000 FT. MSL.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREETOPS ON APPROACH TO AN OPEN FIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A FIELD 3 MILES FROM THE RUTLAND AIRPORT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD98LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA030), Feb 26, 1998: Cessna 172 (N5593E), Rutland, VT, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, loss of engine power, and a forced landing. Related factors were: unfavorable (headwind) conditions, and…

## Other reports on N5593E (2)

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

- [Accident 20010901033069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010901033069A), Sep 1, 2001: Cessna 172M (N5593E), Sheldon, IA, No damage. (-23) Pilot stated he was returning from des moines, Iowa on a pleasure flight with his wife when the engine started running rough over cherokee, Iowa. When he…
- [Accident 19800106003489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800106003489A), Jan 6, 1980: Cessna 172N (N5593E), Reading, PA, Substantial damage. Landed long and fast, porpoised, ran off end runway over embankment.

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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