# Incident 20000618035819I: Cessna 172G, Yuma, AZ, June 18, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2000, 20:30 local time
- Place: Yuma, AZ
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7253° N, 114.6244° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yuma, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7253&lon=-114.6244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3804L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3804L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000618035819I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON SAID DATE, THE PILOT OF N3804L FLEW ACROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM; FALLBROOK, CA TO YUMA, AZ. APPROXIMATELY 14 MILES FROM THE YUMA AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER AND THEN FINALLY QUIT ABOUT 5 MILES AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO GLIDE TO THE AIRPORT AND FORCE-LANDING IN A PLOWED FILED.  INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT REVEALED THAT THE PILOT DID NOT ALLOW FOR SUFFICIENT FUEL TO COMPLETE THE FLIGHT.

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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