# Incident 20000709027879I: Cessna 172N, La Crosse, WI, July 9, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2000, 14:55 local time
- Place: La Crosse, WI
- Airport: La Crosse Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8793° N, 91.2566° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LA CROSSE RGNL (LSE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8793&lon=-91.2566&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5480E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5480E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 60 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000709027879I

## Narrative

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

(-23)^PRIVACY DATA^ DEPARTED LSE ON A STUDENT SOLO CROSS COUNTRY & FLEW TO HAYWARD, WI, MARSHFIELD, WI AND BACK TO LSE.  HE RAN OUT OF FUEL 5 MILES SHORT OF THE LSE AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING INTO A BEANFIELD & WAS NOT DAMAGED.  THE AIRCRAFT & THE PILOT WHERE PROPERLY CERTIFIIED.

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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