# Incident 20021020031859I: Cessna 172F, Fontana, CA, October 20, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2002, 12:12 local time
- Place: Fontana, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0922° N, 117.4350° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fontana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0922&lon=-117.4350&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8846U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8846U) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 154 total, 36 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021020031859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 18, 2002 MR. BARRY RUMSEY RENTED A CESSNA 172 FOR A FLIGHT TO VISALIA CA. FROM HANGER ONE AVIATION A FLIGHT SCHOOL LOCATED AT RIVERSIDE AIRPORT, RIVERSIDE CA. ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 20, 2002, MR. RUMSEY DEPARTED VISALIA AIRPORT ENROUTE TO RIVERSIDE AIRPORT AROUND 10:15 AM. MR. RUMSEY WAS IN CONTRACT WITH FLIGHT WATCH AND DECIDED TO ENTER THE AREA THROUGH THE CAJON PASS, AND LAND AT RIALTO AIRPORT, RIALTO CA. BECAUSE RIVERSIDE AIRPORT WAS REPORTING TWO AND ONE HALF MILES VISIBILITY. UPON HIS DESCENT TO ENTER THE PATTERN AT RIALTO AIRPORT THE ENGINE QUIT AND MR. RUMSEY LANDED ON SERRIA AVE LOCATED IN FONTANA CA. AFTER LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT MR. RUMSEY DISCOVERED THE AIRCRAFT FUEL SYSTEM WAS DEPLETED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED, AND MR. RUMSEY THE SOLO OCCUPANT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES.

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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