# Incident 20020403007539I: Cessna 172P, Flandreau, SD, April 3, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2002, 20:38 local time
- Place: Flandreau, SD
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0455° N, 96.6018° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Flandreau, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0455&lon=-96.6018&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99237, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99237-2009-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 675 total, 350 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020403007539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 3, 2002, N99237, A CESSNA MODEL 172P, OPERATED BY THE CIVIL AIR PATROL RAN OUT OF FUEL AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A BEAN FIELD NEAR FLANDREAU, SD. DAMAGE LIMITED TO LEFT LANDING GEAR FAIRING, A DENT IN AFT FUSELAGE, AND A CUT IN THE LOWER HORIZONTAL STABILIZER SKIN.

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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