# Incident 20020815021089I: Cessna 172M, Sunrise, FL, August 15, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2002, 20:50 local time
- Place: Sunrise, FL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1716° N, 80.2616° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sunrise, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1716&lon=-80.2616&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64429, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64429) (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: 320 total, 300 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020815021089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 15, 2002, AT ABOUT 2050 EDT, A CESSNA 172 REGISTERED TO THE PAN AIR FLYING CLUB, EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT NOR TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SAVANNA GA ON AUGUST 15, 2002 AT ABOUT 1645 EDT. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED APPROXIMATELY ONE QUART OF FUEL WAS DRAINED FROM BOTH FUEL TANKS AND THE FUEL STRAINER.

## Other reports on N64429 (2)

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

- [Accident 20010608011089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010608011089A), Jun 8, 2001: Cessna 172M (N64429), Miami, FL, Substantial damage. (.19)On June 8, 2001, about 1942 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N64429, registered to pan air flying club, inc., crashed during a go-around at…
- [Accident 19750718021329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750718021329A), Jul 18, 1975: Cessna 172M (N64429), Pasadena, MD, Substantial damage. Rwy sloped downhill.

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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