# Incident 20020124006319I: Cessna 172M, Flanagan, IL, January 24, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2002, 13:00 local time
- Place: Flanagan, IL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8774° N, 88.8588° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Flanagan, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8774&lon=-88.8588&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13474, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13474-2004-08-28) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 124 total, 122 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020124006319I

## Narrative

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

(-23)^PRIVACY DATA O^- ON JANUARY 24, 2002, N13474, A CE-172 MADE AN OFF FIELD LANDING IN A HARVESTED BEANFIELD NEAR FLANAGAN, ILLINOIS. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED WEST CHICAGO-DUPAGE AIRPORT AND FLOWN FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR WHEN IT EXPERIENCED FUEL EXHAUSTION AND LANDED IN THE FIELD. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD DEPARTED WEST CHICAGO-DUPAGE WITH FULL FUEL TANKS. VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FUEL TANKS, BY A SHERIFF DEPUTY, DID NOT REVEAL NOTABLE AMOUNTS OF FUEL ON BOARD. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT, AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT DURING THIS EVENT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N13474 (3)

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

- [Accident 20030607023139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030607023139A), Jun 7, 2003: Cessna 172M (N13474), Chicago/West Ch, IL, Destroyed. (-23) Student pilot doing solo, complete stop, touch & goes (t&g's), completed two t & g's with no problems. On the third attempted takeoff, the wind shifted…
- [Incident 20030216005789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030216005789I), Feb 16, 2003: Cessna 172M (N13474), Chicago/West Ch, IL, Minor damage. (-23) During a landing to runway 10 at Dupage Airport the pilot lost control and bounced into the grass prior to the intersection of runway 10 and taxiway…
- [Accident 20010509013629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010509013629A), May 9, 2001: Cessna 172M (N13474), Chicago/West Ch, IL, No damage. (.19)On may 9, 2001, at 1705 central daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N13474, was substantially damaged during landing. The airplane veered of the left side of…

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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