# Accident 20080705843729A: Cessna 172F, La Verne, CA, July 5, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2008, 18:11 local time
- Place: La Verne, CA
- Airport: Brackett Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0789° N, 117.7639° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0789&lon=-117.7639&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8881U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8881U-2017-06-20) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 140 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08CA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA214) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080705843729A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N8881U WAS FLOWN BY 3 RENTERS ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. PILOT #1 TOOK THE AIRCRAFT FOR A 1.8 HOUR CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT AFTER FUELING THE AIRCRAFT WITH 5.4 GALLONS OF FUEL AT 08:33 AM. PILOT #2 TOOK THE AIRCRAFT FOR A 2.4 HOUR CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT AFTER FUELING THE AIRCRAFT WITH 26.1 GALLONS OF FUEL AT 10:27 AM. PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK THE AIRCRAFT AT OR ABOUT 14:30 FLEW TO GILLESPIE AIRPORT (SEE) AT EL CAJON, CALIFORNIA AND ARRIVED ABOUT 15:30. HE WAS VISITING WITH A FRIEND AT EL CAJON FOR ABOUT 1.5 HOURS AND THEN DEPARTED GILLESPIE AIRPORT AT 17:00. HE DID NOT PURCHASE FUEL WHILE AT THE GILLESPIE AIRPORT AND HE DEPARTED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT HAD OPERATED 3.4 HOURS OF OPERATING TIME SINCE THE FUEL TANKS WERE FILLED.

## 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 LAX08CA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA214), Jul 6, 2008: Cessna 172F (N8881U), Pomona, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's inadequate preflight planning and his failure to refuel the airplane.

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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