# Incident 20030912023919I: Cessna 172G, Jacksonville, FL, September 12, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2003
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Herlong
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2778° N, 81.8059° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Herlong Airport (HEG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2778&lon=-81.8059&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4375L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4375L-2016-07-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 87 total, 80 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030912023919I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE STOPPED WHILE IN CRUISE AT 1500FT. AN ATTEMPTED RESTART WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A FIELD WITHOUT INCIDENT 10 MILES WEST OF (HEG) HERLONG AIRPORT JACKSONVILLE FL. AN FAA ON SCENE INVESTIGATION FOUND THE ENGINE STOPPED BECAUSE OF FUEL DEPLETION. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE ENGINE FUEL STRAINER PLUNGER SPRING WAS WORN AND THE PLUNGER WAS RUBBING AGAINST THE ENGINE COWLING, CAUSING THE FUEL TO DRAIN THROUGH THE PLUNGER WHILE IN FLIGHT. A NOTARIZED STATEMENT WAS RECEIVED FROM THE FUELER THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOPPED OFF 2 HRS. BEFORE THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N4375L (1)

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

- [Accident 19970921027699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970921027699A), Sep 21, 1997: Cessna 172G (N4375L), Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. Wing tip hit window of crew bus when pilot turned by mistake onto a service road after landing.(.4) after landing, the pilot was instructed to turn onto a…

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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