# Incident 20000311003569I: Cessna 172C, Alta Vista, KS, March 11, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2000, 14:32 local time
- Place: Alta Vista, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8629° N, 96.4888° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alta Vista, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8629&lon=-96.4888&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8455X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8455X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 10 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/20000311003569I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 11, 2000 AT APPROXIMATELY 1432 CST, MR. PAUL W. JONES, HOLDER OF RIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. 514708398, WAS PILOT OF A CESSNA 172, N8455X WHICH EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE WHILE ENROUTE TO FORBES FIELD, TOPEKA, KANSAS. MR. JONES LANDED OFF AIRPORT WITH NO INJURIES AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE AIRCRAFT WING. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ABOARD.  LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS COULD DETECT NO FUEL IN THE AIRCRAFT FUEL TANKS.  AFTER FUELING, A LICENSED MECHANIC FLEW THE AIRCRAFT FROM A NEARBY PRIVATE FIELD AND CONTINUED TO FORBES 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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