# Incident 20090120002899I: Cessna 172P, Snowden, AL, January 20, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 2009, 18:00 local time
- Place: Snowden, AL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N98251, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090120002899I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS BEING DELIVERED ON A FERRY PERMIT FOR ANNUAL INSPECTION.  FUEL BURN WAS CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN DATA SUPPLIED TO PILOT DEPICTED.  PILOT DETERMINED THAT HE WOULD NOT HAVE FUEL TO CONTINUE, MADE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON HIGHWAY.

## Other reports on N98251 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19850810038519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850810038519A), Aug 10, 1985: Cessna 172P (N98251), Hays, KS, Substantial damage. Pulled power during simulated short field landing over an obstacle. Landed hard on nosewheel damaging firewall.

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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