# Incident 20060703012329I: Cessna 172L, Port Royal, SC, July 3, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2006, 17:25 local time
- Place: Port Royal, SC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3543° N, 80.6989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Royal, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3543&lon=-80.6989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3974Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3974Q-2011-07-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,450 total, 499 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060703012329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 3, 2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 1825 HOURS, ON THE STATE PORT AUTHORITY RAIL YARD, IN PORT ROYAL, SC, A CESSNA 172, N3974Q, LANDED ON AN ABANDONED RAILROAD TRACK. THE OFF AIRPORT LANDING, AS REPORTED BY THE PILOT, OCCURRED BECAUSE, HE RAN OUT OF FUEL. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THE RAIL YARD SITE REVEALED THAT BOTH WING TANKS WERE EMPTY OF FUEL AND THE GASCOLATER CONTAINED ONLY A CUP OF FUEL. THE NOSE WHEEL WAS RIPPED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE RIGHT WING AT THE WING TIP WAS SLIGHTLY BENT. EXAMINATION ON SITE REVEALED NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

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