# Incident 20220917015829I: Cessna C172, Fulton, KS, September 17, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2022, 20:25 local time
- Place: Fulton, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0098° N, 94.7197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fulton, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0098&lon=-94.7197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7655X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7655X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172B (registry code 2072406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C172
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 352 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220917015829I

## Narrative

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

THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT 1800 IN NEVADA MO (NVD AIRPORT) WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WAS FULLY FUELED BEFORE FLIGHT. FUELING THE AIRCRAFT PER THE CHECKLIST REQUIRED THE PILOT SELECT RIGHT TANK THEN LEFT TANK WHILE FUELING EACH WINGTANK RESPECTIVLY. PRIOR TO DEPARTURE THE PILOT KENT KELLENBERGER FAILED TO SELECT "BOTH" TANKS WHILE GOING THROUGH THE TAKE OFF CHECKLIST. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLEW SOLO TO FORT SCOTT AIRPORT (FSK) AND PICKED UP ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CFI PILOT (A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 26 MILES). PILOT AND CO-PILOT TOOK OFF FROM FSK AND FLEW TO BUTLER MO KBUM (APPROX. 41 MILES DIRECT) AND PERFORMED INSTRUMENT APPROACHES. ON THE RETURN TRIP TO FSK THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED IDLING DOWN THEN STALLED COMPLETELY WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES OUT. BEING A CFI PILOT AND HAVING MORE EXPERIENCE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK OVER AS PILOT, AND BELIEVING THE FUEL TANK SELECTOR WAS SELECTED TO “BOTH” AS PER THE PREFLIGHT CHECKLIST, COMMANDED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO SWITCH FROM "BOTH" TANKS TO RIGHT WING FUEL TANK. (THE SELECTOR LEVER IS IN A DIFFICULT PLACE TO VISUALLY VERIFY ON THIS PARTICULAR MODEL AIRCRAFT) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND THE ORDER GIVEN BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND SEEING NO IMMEDIATE POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE SWITCHED THE SELECTOR BACK TO IT'S ORIGINAL POSITION (LATER DISCOVERED TO BE LEFT TANK). WITH NO POWER FROM THE ENGINE AND FIGHTING A HEADWIND OF APPROXIMATELY 10 KNOTS TOO MUCH LOSS OF AIRSPEED/ALTITUDE ENSUED AND AN UNPOWERED LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD RESULTED. AFTER THE LANDING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOTED THE RIGHT FUEL TANK CONTINUED TO INDICATE FULL WHILE THE LEFT INDICATED EMPTY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN CHECKED THE FUEL TANK SELECTOR AND FOUND LEFT TANK WAS SELECTED.

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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