# Incident 19980504013869I: Cessna 172E, Laurel, MS, May 4, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1998, 18:00 local time
- Place: Laurel, MS
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6899° N, 89.1483° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Laurel, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6899&lon=-89.1483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5353T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5353T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 100 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/19980504013869I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WINDER, CA (WDR) WHERE FUEL WAS TOPPED OFF. LANDED AT MCULLOM, COBB COUNTY GA (RYY) TO PICK UP PAX. RESUMED FLIGHT TO GULFPORT, MS (GPT) EXPERIENCED FUEL EXHAUSTION APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NORTH OF LAUREL (LUL) MADE A FORCED LANDING IN FIELD.

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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