# Accident 20020611015749A: Cessna 172F, Southjordan, UT, June 11, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2002, 20:30 local time
- Place: Southjordan, UT
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6000° N, 112.0000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6000&lon=-112.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7873U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7873U-2003-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN02LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020611015749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE RETURNING FROM HURRICANE, UT, THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL ENROUTE TO SALT LAKE CITY AIRPORT #2. (U42). LANDING WAS MADE IN A PLOWED FIELD, WITH THE AIRCRAFT TURNING OVER, COMING TO REST UPSIDE DOWN. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE PILOT CALLED THE REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER DIRECTLY BY TELEPHONE. THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR WAS ON THE LINE WITH THE ROC AND ME. ACTING OPERATIONS UNIT SUPERVISOR, LEW OLSON AND MANAGER, THOMAS PRATT WERE NOTIFIED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN02LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA053), Jun 12, 2002: Cessna 172F (N7873U), Salt Lake City, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper in-flight planning and decisions, which resulted in fuel exhaustion. A factor contributing to the accident was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

## Other reports on N7873U (3)

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

- [Incident 19910313064739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910313064739I), Mar 13, 1991: Cessna 172F (N7873U), Dugway Proving, UT, Minor damage. Lost directional control on a crosswind landing. Propeller struck the runway.
- [Incident 19810625056859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810625056859I), Jun 25, 1981: Cessna 172F (N7873U), Meeker, CO, Minor damage. Za on climbout fuel selector broke changing tanks. Found fuel selector valve ball worn and galled.
- [Incident 19810609039859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810609039859I), Jun 9, 1981: Cessna 172F (N7873U), Rifle, CO, Minor damage. Zd student pilot allowed aircraft to veer off runway during touch and go landing in calm wind and struck post.

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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