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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Arlington, TX · April 6, 2003

Date: April 6, 2003 · 15:16 local
Place: Arlington, TX
Airport: Arlington Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N11AY
Reported as: Cessna 172M
Reported engine: Lycoming O320E2D
Pilot’s flight hours: 230 total100 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

N11AYRegistration cancelled Feb 13, 2008 · Cessna 172MS/N 17263606 · Built 1974 Airframe modelCessna 172M Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft impacted ground after 3.9 hrs of flight with minimal damage to aircraft with no injuries to occupants. Fuel starvation was root cause of this incident. Improper preflight action along with inaction of the pilot to divert to a readily available airport resulted in the emergency landing of N11AY. Pilot became disoriented on approach, which further caused the low fuel condition.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND AFTER 3.9 HRS OF FLIGHT WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS. FUEL STARVATION WAS ROOT CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT. IMPROPER PREFLIGHT ACTION ALONG WITH INACTION OF THE PILOT TO DIVERT TO A READILY AVAILABLE AIRPORT RESULTED IN THE EMERGENCY LANDING OF N11AY. PILOT BECAME DISORIENTED ON APPROACH, WHICH FURTHER CAUSED THE LOW FUEL CONDITION.