# Incident 20030301006319I: Cessna 172N, Jerseyville, IL, March 1, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2003, 12:45 local time
- Place: Jerseyville, IL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1172° N, 90.3267° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jerseyville, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1172&lon=-90.3267&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73855, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73855) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Pilot flight hours: 215 total, 113 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030301006319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA O^ - THE AIRMAN STATED HE REFUELED THE AIRCRAFT AT A SELF SERVE FACILITY IN CARMI, IL AND MISREAD THE FUEL METER INDICATION. HE THOUGHT HE HAD ADDED 20 GALS OF FUEL WHEN HE HAD ACTUALLY ADDED 11.0 GALS. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED FUEL EXHAUSTION ON THE LEG OF FLIGHT BETWEEN CARMI, IL AND ST. CHARLES, MO. THE AIRMAN EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FARM FIELD NEAR JERSEYVILLE, IL. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED NO DAMAGE AND THE AIRMAN, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N73855 (1)

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

- [Incident 19830522075009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830522075009I), May 22, 1983: Cessna 172N (N73855), Middletown, NY, Substantial damage. Landed to avoid weather. Unable to stop on the runway. Veered off into trees and failed to retract flaps for braking.

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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