# Accident 20100331030329A: Cessna 172N, Ankeny, IA, March 31, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2010, 06:55 local time
- Place: Ankeny, IA
- Airport: Ankeny Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6911° N, 93.5667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6911&lon=-93.5667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N883AV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N883AV-2010-09-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A4M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 443 total, 400 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA178) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100331030329A

## Narrative

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

PILOT CONTACTED DES MOINES TOWER WEST OF MARSHALLTOWN AT 1148Z. PILOT WAS GIVEN WEATHER AND TOLD TO PROCEED STRAIGHT IN TO RUNWAY 23. AT 1205Z PILOT CONTACTED DES MOINES AND STATED HE WAS HAVING A FUEL PROBLEM AND INTENDED TO LAND AT ANKENY AIRPORT. AT 1205Z PILOT AGAIN CONTACTED DES MOINES TOWER AND STATED THEY WERE OUT OF FUEL AND WERE GOING TO LAND ON A ROAD. PILOT FAILED TO REACH THE ROAD. LANDED IN A PLOWED FIELD AND AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 CEN10CA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA178), Mar 31, 2010: Cessna 172N (N883AV), Ankeny, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's inadequate in-flight fuel monitoring.

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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