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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172K · Odessa, MO · July 2, 2006

Date: July 2, 2006 · 21:00 local
Place: Odessa, MO
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N84819
Reported as: Cessna 172K
Reported engine: Lycoming O320*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 120 total120 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N84819Registered now · Cessna 172KS/N 17258627 · Built 1969 Airframe modelCessna 172K 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) The pilot was on a visual flight rules (VFR) flight from jonesboro, Arkansas, to east Kansas city airport (3GV) in grain valley, Missouri, in N84819, a CE-172-K. The engine failed prior to reaching grain valley and he landed in a vacant field approximately 2 miles southeast of Odessa, Missouri. The fuel selector was positioned to the left tank which was empty, but fuel was available in the right tank which was not selected during the flight or the emergency landing. The fuel selector was moved to the right fuel tank for the departure and completion of the flight to 3GV on the following day, July 3, 2006. Incident privacy data omitted is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT WAS ON A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT FROM JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, TO EAST KANSAS CITY AIRPORT (3GV) IN GRAIN VALLEY, MISSOURI, IN N84819, A CE-172-K. THE ENGINE FAILED PRIOR TO REACHING GRAIN VALLEY AND HE LANDED IN A VACANT FIELD APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ODESSA, MISSOURI. THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS POSITIONED TO THE LEFT TANK WHICH WAS EMPTY, BUT FUEL WAS AVAILABLE IN THE RIGHT TANK WHICH WAS NOT SELECTED DURING THE FLIGHT OR THE EMERGENCY LANDING. THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS MOVED TO THE RIGHT FUEL TANK FOR THE DEPARTURE AND COMPLETION OF THE FLIGHT TO 3GV ON THE FOLLOWING DAY, JULY 3, 2006. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.