# Incident 20020815022929I: Cessna R172K, Missoula, MT, August 15, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2002, 09:08 local time
- Place: Missoula, MT
- Airport: Missoula International Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8721° N, 113.9940° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Missoula, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8721&lon=-113.9940&mi=10
- Aircraft: N758LN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N758LN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 420 total, 300 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020815022929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE MADE AN UNEVENTFUL FORCED LANDING IN A HAYFIELD DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. HE ALSO SAID THE AIRCRAFT HAD RECENTLY HAD MAINTENANCE ON FUEL SYSTEM. PILOT STATED HE BELIEVED THE TANKS CONTAINED ADEQUATE VFR FUEL FOR THE PLANNED FLIGHT. COUNSELING ON FUEL MANAGEMENT CONDUCTED. INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT EIR. INVESTIGATION CLOSED.

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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