# Incident 20041212032629I: Cessna 172K, Barstow, CA, December 12, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2004, 22:01 local time
- Place: Barstow, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8986° N, 117.0228° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Barstow, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8986&lon=-117.0228&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78299, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78299) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041212032629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATES SHE DEPARTED LGB, VFR TO AJO. WHEN RETURNING TO LGB CLOUD COVER HAD MOVED OVER LGB EVEN THOUGH ATIS REPORTED CLEAR, 10. PILOT RETURNED TO AJO AND CIRCLED SEVERAL TIMES. BECAME DISORIENTED AND PROCEEDED EAST (HIGH DESERT). LOW FUEL STATE CAUSED HER TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING. DUE TO NIGHT VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS, SHE LANDED IN A RAILROAD SWITCHING YARD WHICH WAS WELL LIGHTED.

## Other reports on N78299 (1)

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

- [Incident 20220821014909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220821014909I), Aug 21, 2022: Cessna 172K (N78299), Bethel, AK, No damage. Refueled aircraft in mcg with 3 hours fuel, 3NM NE of bet engine began to run rough, pilot landed on road short of runway on roadway.

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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