# Incident 20000115002459I: Cessna 172, Gasport, NY, January 15, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2000, 16:30 local time
- Place: Gasport, NY
- Airport: Royalton Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1820° N, 78.5578° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROYALTON (9G5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1820&lon=-78.5578&mi=10
- Aircraft: CFEVS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000115002459I

## Narrative

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

ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 2000, AT 1630 EST, A CESSNA 172, CANADIAN REGISRTATION, CFEVS, OWNED BY SPECTRUM AIRWAYS OF BURLINGTON, ONTARIO, CANADA, LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AT ROYALTON AIRPORT, GASPORT, NEW YORK (9G5) AND OVERTURNED AFTER APPARENTLY RUNNING OUT OF FUEL DURING A SIMULATED SEARCH MISSION. VISUAL METEROROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGH PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.  THE AIRCARFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND NO PERSON WAS INJURED.  THE PILOT HELD A CANADIAN PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ST.CATHARINE'S, ONTARIO, CANADA ON JANUARY 15, 2000 AT 1350 EST.  THE INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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