# Incident 20011022030269I: Cessna 172M, Galesburg, IL, October 22, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2001, 13:16 local time
- Place: Galesburg, IL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9502° N, 90.3766° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galesburg, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9502&lon=-90.3766&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20211, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20211) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 595 total, 375 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011022030269I

## Narrative

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

(-23)^PRIVACY DATA O^- ON OCTOBER 22, 2001 AT APPROXIMATELY 1316 CDT, N20211, A CESSNA 172 WITH A COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT-IN-COMMAND, EXPERIENCED FUEL EXHAUSTION WHILE ENROUTE FROM MOLINE, IL TO MACOMB, IL. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND STATED DURING HIS PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, HE OBSERVED FUEL IN THE FUEL TANKS AND THOUGHT HE HAD 1.6 HOURS OF FUEL REMAINING IN THE AIRCRAFT BASED UPON WHAT HE HAD BEEN TOLD ABOUT THE PREVIOUS HOURS THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN FLOWN. THE PILOT MADE AND OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN A SOYBEAN FIELD APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES NORTH OF THE GALESBURG, IL AIRPORT. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND SOLE PASSENGER WERE REPORTED. THE PILOT STATED AFTER LANDING IN THE FIELD, HE INSPECTED THE FUEL TANKS AND THEY WERE COMPLETELY DRY. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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