# Incident 20051021028159I: Cessna 172, Etheridge, TN, October 21, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2005, 16:15 local time
- Place: Etheridge, TN
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3218° N, 87.3013° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ethridge, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3218&lon=-87.3013&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6294E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6294E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 250 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051021028159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ENROUTE FROM TLH TO PHT. WEATHER FRONT MOVED FASTER THAN HIS BRIEFING INDICATED. PILOT STATED THAT FUEL CONSUMPTION WAS GREATER THAN EXPECTED. WINDS NOT AS BRIEFED. ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT 2M2 BUT EXPERIENCED FUEL EXHAUSTION. SUCCESSFUL AIRPORT LANDING TO FIELD AT ETHERIDGE, TN. AIRCRAFT FUEL SYSTEM WAS INSPECTED BY MECHANIC PRIOR TO DEPARTING ETHERIDGE.

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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