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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172P · Marathon, FL · July 10, 2004

Date: July 10, 2004 · 14:09 local
Place: Marathon, FL
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N99344
Reported as: Cessna 172P
Reported engine: Lycoming O320*
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0

N99344Registered now · Cessna 172PS/N 17276435 Airframe modelCessna 172P Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) While on a cross country flight near Marathon, Florida, the pilot performed an emergency landing on us highway one after exhausting the aircraft's fuel supply. Through poor preflight planning and improper inflight decision making, the pilot exhausted the fuel supply of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT NEAR MARATHON, FLORIDA, THE PILOT PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON US HIGHWAY ONE AFTER EXHAUSTING THE AIRCRAFT'S FUEL SUPPLY. THROUGH POOR PREFLIGHT PLANNING AND IMPROPER INFLIGHT DECISION MAKING, THE PILOT EXHAUSTED THE FUEL SUPPLY OF THE AIRCRAFT.

Other reports on N99344 · 1

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

Incident 19920406014709IFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Millville, NJFuel exhaustion on a local training flight. Pilot stated tanks full. Fuel gauges were inoperative.Apr 6, 1992