# Incident 20210705012649I: Cessna 172, Leesburgh, FL, July 5, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2021, 11:58 local time
- Place: Leesburgh, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8108° N, 81.8779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Leesburg, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8108&lon=-81.8779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7160A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7160A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 309 total, 250 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210705012649I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE USED A SELF PUMP STATION AT KCRG TO PUT FUEL IN THE AIRCRAFT, N7160A,  BEFORE HIS FLIGHT ON JULY 5, 2021.  THE PILOT ALSO STATED WAS RUSHED AND THAT HE DID NOT VERIFY THE FUEL LEVEL VISUALLY OR THAT THE FUEL CAPS WERE ON PROPERLY DURING THE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION.  THE PILOT COULD NOT PRODUCE A RECEIPT FOR THE FUEL AND IT IS UNCLEAR IF THERE WAS ENOUGH FUEL FOR THE FLIGHT..

THE PILOT WAS ON A NIGHT IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM KCRG TO KLEE.  APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES AWAY FROM KLEE THE PILOT ENTERED VMC AND CANCELLED THE IFR FLIGHT PLAN.

DURING THE DESCENT INTO KLEE AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET THE ENGINE LOSS POWER.  THE PILOT MADE A CALL TO ORLANDO ATC INFORMING THEM OF THE EMERGENCY. LAST KNOWN CONTACT WAS AT 1158 LOCAL TIME (0358Z).

THE PILOT WAS OVER THE OCALA NATIONAL FOREST, FLORIDA AT THE TIME AND SPOTTED A ROAD.  THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND ON THE ROAD WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY AND NO INJURIES.

THE PILOT ESTIMATED THAT THE REASON FOR THE LOSS OF POWER WAS FUEL STARVATION.  THE PILOT'S REASONING WAS THAT THE LEFT FUEL CAP WAS LOOSE AND THE TURBULENCE ENCOUNTERED DURING THE FLIGHT CAUSED THE FUEL TO SPLASH OUT.

A MARION COUNTY DEPUTY WAS ON THE SCENE.  THE DEPUTY AND THE PILOT BOTH SPOKE TO THE FAA INSPECTOR ON CALL.  THE DEPUTY HELPED THE PILOT GET SOME AUTO FUEL (AIRCRAFT HAS THE STC).  AFTER REFUELING THE AIRCRAFT AND A CHECK OF THE ROAD FOR TAKEOFF, THE PILOT TOOK OFF AND FLEW TO KLEE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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