# Accident 20080605834409A: Cessna 172, Santa Rosa, CA, June 5, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2008, 16:30 local time
- Place: Santa Rosa, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5053° N, 122.8078° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5053&lon=-122.8078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6494E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6494E-2017-06-30) (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: 560 total, 500 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08CA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA164) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080605834409A

## Narrative

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

(-23) CESSNA ENROUTE TO SANTA ROSA AIRPORT RAN OUT OF FUEL AND CRASHED IN A VINEYARD 1.5 MILES SHORT OF SANTA ROSA AIRPORT. MINOR INJURIES TO PILOT. SUBSTANTIAL AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX08CA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA164), Jun 6, 2008: Cessna 172 (N6494E), Santa Rosa, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper in-flight decision making and inadequate fuel consumption calculations that resulted in fuel exhaustion.

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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