# Accident 20231020017739A: Cessna 172C, Wichita, KS, October 20, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2023, 06:57 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6769° N, 97.3937° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6769&lon=-97.3937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1413Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1413Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 288 total, 110 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231020017739A

## Narrative

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

THE PRIVATE PILOT DEPARTED FROM YORK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KJYR) AFTER RECIEVING 28.3 GALLONS OF FUEL. FLEW FOR 3 HOURS AND 43 MINUTES, MAKING STOPS AT OMAHA EPPLEY AIRFIELD (KOMA), YORK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KJYR) AND KAAO. DEPARTING COLONEL JAMES JABARA AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 18:45 CST THE PILOT BEGAN DECENT FOR RUNWAY 19L INTO ICT. DURING THE DECENT THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO DECREASE IN RPM OUTPUT. THE PILOT PUSHED IN CARB HEAT AND FULL THROTTLE. THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED AN INCREASE IN RPMS. AS THE PILOT PULLED OUT THE CHECKLIST THE AIRCRAFT DECREASE IN PERFORMANCE AND ONCE AGAIN THE THROTTLE WAS INCREASE. THE PILOT THEN CALLS WICHITA APPROACH. ONCE THE ENGINE STOPPED THE PILOT FOLLOWED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST. THE PILOT DETERMINED THAT 19L AT ICT WAS TOO FAR AND PICKED A LANDING SPOT CLOSER. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED APPROXIMATELY 1.5 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHEAST OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 19 LEFT AT WICHITA DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. SUSTAINING DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING, FUSELAGE, NOSE COWLING.

COUNSELING WAS USED TO REGAIN COMPLIANCE SEE SAS ACTIVITY ID:

CE07202401905

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN24LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA019), Oct 20, 2023: Cessna 172C (N1413Y), Wichita, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection and fuel planning and improper in-flight decision-making, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

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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