# Incident 20140127002209I: Cessna 172N, Oceanside, CA, January 27, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2014, 13:59 local time
- Place: Oceanside, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1959° N, 117.3795° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oceanside, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1959&lon=-117.3795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N172FT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N172FT) (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 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140127002209I

## Narrative

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

DECLARED AN EMERGENCY OVER CAMP PENDLETON DUE TO A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON DIRT STRIP.

PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT THAT LASTED 2 HOURS. PILOT LEFT KCRQ WITH APPROXIMATELY  LEFT AND RIGHT TANK HALF FULL AS INDICATED ON FUEL GAUGES. NO VISUAL OR ACTUAL MEASURING OF FUEL QUANTITY WAS PERFORMED.

AIRCRAFT FLEW TO KSMO FOR TOUCH AND GO'S. PILOT ADMITTED HE ALSO TOUCHED DOWN AT TORRANCE AND HAWTHORNE AIRPORTS FOR TOUCH AND GO. ON HIS WAY BACK ENGINE RAN ROUGH, PILOT STATED HIS FUEL TANKS STILL SHOW SOME FUEL. AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED OCEANSIDE AIRPORT, ENGINE QUIT, RESTARTED AND RAN ROUGH. THE PILOT HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO PUT IT DOWN IN THE NEAREST OPEN AREA.

NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. I INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT ON 01/28/14 AND FOUND EVIDENCE OF FUEL DEPLETION. RIGHT FUEL GAUGE INDICATED ABOUT HALF FULL, BUT TANK HAD NO FUEL.

VERIFIED WITH CALIFORNIA AERO THAT THERE WAS NO FUEL ON BOARD. THEY REMOVED THE WINGS IN ORDER TO TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT FROM US MARINE FACILITY, THEY DRAINED THE TANKS AND ONLY 2 FLUID OUNCES WAS PRESENT.

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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