# Incident 19991203037449I: Cessna 172F, Tallahassee, FL, December 3, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1999, 11:30 local time
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4383° N, 84.2807° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tallahassee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4383&lon=-84.2807&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5261F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5261F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 168 total, 43 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991203037449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 3, 1999, AT 11:30 A.M. LOCAL, A CESSNA 172F, N5261F, REGISTERED TO THE UNITED STATE AIRFORCE, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE SEMINOLE GOLF COURSE DURING APPROACH TO THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT (TLH), IN TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEROROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ON DECEMBER 3, 1999 AT 8:55 LOCAL TIME.

## Other reports on N5261F (1)

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

- [Incident 19890410065669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890410065669I), Apr 10, 1989: Cessna 172F (N5261F), Jacksonville, FL. Radio cutting out. Entered traffic pattern without radio contact. Tower gave green light. Replaced radio.

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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