# Incident 20051030029569I: Cessna 172F, Cranbury, NJ, October 30, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2005, 06:30 local time
- Place: Cranbury, NJ
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3135° N, 74.5202° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cranbury, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3135&lon=-74.5202&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8562U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8562U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 205 total, 25 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051030029569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) VFR CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED AT ATLANTIC CITY BADER FIELD, INTENDED DESTINATION SUSSEX COUNTY AIRPORT, AT 2400 FEET MSL AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE, LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT IN A FRESHLY PLANTED SOD FARM FIELD. INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT REVEALED FUEL TANK LEAKS AT TANK SEAMS AND RUST PARTICLES THAT BLOCKED FUEL TANK LINES. AIRMAN ^PRIVACY DA^ DID NOT HAVE A FAA MEDICAL CERTIFICATE IN HIS PERSONAL POSSESSION DURING THIS FLIGHT.

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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