# Incident 20091028021519I: Cessna 172A, Greeley, CO, October 28, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2009, 12:00 local time
- Place: Greeley, CO
- Airport: Greeley-Weld County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4374° N, 104.6332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREELEY-WELD COUNTY (GXY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4374&lon=-104.6332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7939T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7939T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175A (registry code 2072504, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 323 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091028021519I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT SAYS WHILE ON 2 MILE FINAL HE TRIED TO ADD POWER TO THE ENGINE AND IT DID NOT RESPOND.  HE THEN LOOKED AT HIS FUEL AND IT SHOWED ¼ OF A TANK.  THE ENGINE DIED AND HE TURNED TO LAND IN A WHEAT FIELD.  PILOT STATED THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD ENOUGH FUEL ON BOARD TO COMPLETE THE FLIGHT AND STILL MEET THE ½ HOUR FUEL REQUIREMENT.  AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE OR INJURY.  PILOT STATES THAT HE THEN CHECKED THE FUEL AND FOUND THE TANK WAS EMPTY.  PILOT STATES THAT HE PUT FUEL INTO THE AIRCRAFT THE NEXT MORNING AND FLEW IT TO THE AIRPORT WHEN IT WAS LIGHT OUTSIDE.  NOTE:  PILOT HAS NOT REACHED TIME REQUIREMENTS FOR A BIANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW.

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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