# Incident 20000509021089I: Cessna 172L, Las Vegas, NV, May 9, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2000, 09:30 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas Air Terminal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1079M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1079M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 37 total, 31 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000509021089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 9, 2000, AT 06:45 PDT, THE STUDENT PILOT PERFORMED A PREFLIGHT PRIOR TO TAKE OFF ON N1079M, A CESSNA 172L, OWNED BY WEST AIR AVIATION FLIGHT SCHOOL. DURING THE PREFLIGHT HE DIPPED THE FUEL TANKS WITH A READING OF 8 ON THE LEFT AND A READING OF 9 ON THE RIGHT FUEL TANK. DEPARTED FROM NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT, ENROUTE TO THE NORTHWEST PRACTICE AREA FOR VOR PRACTICE. ON RETURNING FROM THE PRACTICE AREA HE NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS NOT INDICATING THE SAME AS THE LEFT FUEL TANK. AT APPROX 09:30 PDT, AFTER REPORTING HIS POSITION, (10 MILES NORTH OF LONE MOUNTAIN), TO NORTH LAS VEGAS TOWER THE ENGINE QUIT. STUDENT LOOKED FOR A PLACE TO LAND, CALLED TOWER TO REPORT THE EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE FROM FUEL DEPLETION AND SAFELY LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON INTERSTATE 95. FUEL WAS PROVIDED BY THE VGT FUEL CONTRACTOR AND AIRCRAFT WAS REFUELED WITH 20 GALLONS SUPPLIED FROM FIVE GALLON CANS, AIRCRAFT THEN TOOK OFF FROM INTERSTATE 95 AND LANDED SAFELY AT VGT. NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE, FIRE, OR INJURIES WERE NOTED.

## Other reports on N1079M (2)

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

- [Accident 20190716011859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190716011859A), Jul 16, 2019: Cessna 172L (N1079M), Grand Canyon, AZ, Substantial damage. The pilot departed the north las vegas airport (vgt) with three passengers to the Grand Canyon airport (gcn). Weather at the Grand Canyon airport was reported…
- [Accident 20070407004469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070407004469A), Apr 7, 2007: Cessna 172L (N1079M), Las Vegas, NV, Substantial damage. (-23) Interviewed this student pilot approximately 3 hours after the accident. The student was practicing landings and takeoffs when he determined that he…

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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