# Accident 19990919026879A: Cessna 172G, Delta, CO, September 19, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1999, 14:00 local time
- Place: Delta, CO
- Airport: Blake Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7409° N, 108.0693° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7409&lon=-108.0693&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4262L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4262L-2001-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN99LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA166) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990919026879A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1999, AT 1400 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172G, N4262L, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A FORCED LANDING APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY 3 AT BLAKE FIELD, DELTA, COLORADO.  THE PRIVATE CERTIFICATED NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THIS PERSONAL CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT OPERATING UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PAGE, ARIZONA, EARLIER IN THE DAY.               (-23)THE PILOT FLEW FROM DELTA CO. TO PAGE, AZ. AND THEN RETURNED TO DELTA CO. WITHOUT REFUELING THE A/C. HE STATED THAT HE TURNED A LONG LEFT BASE FOR RUNWAY 3 AT DELTA CO. HE STATED THAT HE HAD NOT MADE A POWER CHANGE AS OF YET, WHEN THE ENGINE WENT TO IDLE, HE PUMPED THE THROTTLE AND HIT THE PRIMER, HE COULD SEE HE WASN'T GOING TO MAKE THE RUNWAY, SO HE TURNED RIGHT TO AVOID HITTING THE STEEP HILLSIDE IN FRONT OF HIM. HE SAW A SPOT TO SET DOWN TO THE SOUTH AND HEADED FOR IT, WHERE THE A/C STRUCK THE GROUND AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE A/C DETERMINED TO BE A TOTAL LOSS, THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## 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 DEN99LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA166), Sep 19, 1999: Cessna 172G (N4262L), Delta, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: A forced landing due to fuel exhaustion. Factors were inadequate preflight planing, inadequate in-flight planing and rough uneven, unsuitable terrain for a forced landing.

## Other reports on N4262L (1)

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

- [Accident 19960209047029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960209047029A), Feb 9, 1996: Cessna 172 (N4262L), Gunnison, CO, No damage. (-16) Review of pilot logbook and aircraft maintenanc records indicated no violations of FAR part 61 and 91 relating to airmen qualifications, recency of…

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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