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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Elkhart, IA · August 5, 2012

Date
August 5, 2012 · 11:50 local
Place
Elkhart, IA
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N4254F
Reported as
Cessna 172
Reported engine
Continental 0-300 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
376 total8 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On a flight from spirit lake, Iowa to ankeny, Iowa which included a stop at spencer, Iowa the aircraft experienced fuel exhaustion. The pilot made a successful off airport landing in a bean field.

As the FAA filed it

ON A FLIGHT FROM SPIRIT LAKE, IOWA TO ANKENY, IOWA WHICH INCLUDED A STOP AT SPENCER, IOWA THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE PILOT MADE A SUCCESSFUL OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN A BEAN FIELD.