# Accident 20090622009399A: Cessna 172M, Mc Call, ID, June 22, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2009, 09:45 local time
- Place: Mc Call, ID
- Airport: Mc Call Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9225° N, 116.0619° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9225&lon=-116.0619&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12463, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12463-2017-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 120 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA305](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA305) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090622009399A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTE DJOHNSON CREEK AIRPORT (3U2) AT 0925 FOR A FLIGHT TO MCCALL, ID (MYL).  PILOT STATED THAT HE DEPARTED WITH THE AIRCRAFT FUEL GAUGES INDICATING 1/4 IN THE LEFT TANK AND LESS THAN 1/4 IN THE RIGHT TANK.  BEING UNFAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, HE STATED THAT HE DEPARTED IN A HURRY BECAUSE HE PLANNED TO FOLLOW ANOTHER PILOT TO MYL.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPLETED ALL USABLE FUEL AND LANDED IN A FIELD 1/2 MILE FROM MYL.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 WPR09CA305](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA305), Jun 22, 2009: Cessna 172M (N12463), McCall, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power during descent due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's failure to determine the fuel quantity prior to departure.

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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