# Incident 20120818017579I: Cessna 172M, Sellersburg, IN, August 18, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2012, 10:47 local time
- Place: Sellersburg, IN
- Airport: Clark Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3666° N, 85.7381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLARK RGNL (JVY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3666&lon=-85.7381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9677H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 107 total, 75 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120818017579I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT OPERATED FROM CLARK REGIONAL AIRPORT (KJVY) TO HUNTINGBURG AIRPORT (KHNB), AND BACK TO KJVY. ON THE APPROACH INTO KJVY THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE SHUT DOWN AT APPROXITMATELY 1500 FEET AGL. THE PILOT COULD NOT RESTART THE ENGINE; HE TRIED SWITCHING FUEL SOURCES WITH NO HELP. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON HIGHWAY 60 APPROXITMATELY 1.5 MILES FROM KJVY. ON LANDING THE BOTTOM OF THE LEFT WING, 2 FEET IN FROM THE TIP SCRAPED THE TOP OF AN F 150 PICKUP TRUCK CAUSING PAINT TRANSFER FROM THE TRUCK TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REFUELED AND TAXIED TO THE AIRPORT VIA POLICE ESCORT. THE AIRCRAFT FUEL QTY SYSTEM WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND IT TO BE OUT OF CALIBRATION. THE LEFT WING TIP WAS INSPECTED, NO CRACKS OR STRUCTUAL DAMAGE FOUND. AFTER THE INCIDENT DURING A FORMAL INTERVIEW ON 8/22/12 THE PILOT INFORMED THE FAA THAT HE CHECKED THE FUEL LOAD AND VERIFIED THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOW ON FUEL PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, AND RECALLS THE FUEL QUANTITY INDICATION READING A HALF TANK IN EACH WING ABOUT HALF WAY TO KHNB. THE PILOT STATED HE THOUGHT HE HAD ENOUGH FUEL, AND ONLY PERFORMED A TOUCH AND GO IN KHNB.

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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