# Incident 20050508006989I: Cessna 172N, Santa Fe, NM, May 8, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2005, 15:19 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Airport: Santa Fe County Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6171° N, 106.0894° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA FE RGNL (SAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6171&lon=-106.0894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3552E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3552E) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 145 total, 120 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050508006989I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 8, 2005, AT 1519 MDST, A CESSNA 172, N3552E, REGISTERED TO AERO MERIDIAN INC. LANDED IN A FIELD 7 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF THE SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO AIRPORT (SAF) DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONLY OCCUPANT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED ON MAY 8, 2005 AT 1100 MDST FROM DOUBLE EAGLE AIRPORT (AEG) IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO.

## Other reports on N3552E (3)

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

- [Accident 20241231019509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241231019509A), Dec 31, 2024: Cessna 172N (N3552E), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. On December 31, 2024, at approximately 1400, a Cessna 172 piloted by a part 61 student pilot taking training through a part 141 pilot school on her first…
- [Incident 20130420008499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130420008499I), Apr 20, 2013: Cessna 172N (N3552E), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. On April 20, 2013, at 0829 MDT, a Cessna 172-N, N3552E, registered to [privacy data omitted], made a successful off airport landing in the rio puerco valley,…
- [Incident 19790725021879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790725021879I), Jul 25, 1979: Cessna 172 (N3552E), Rattlesnake Isl, OH, Minor damage. Pilot landed long on rough sod and ran off end of runway.

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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