# Accident 20240216003689A: Cessna 172H, De Leon Springs, FL, February 16, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2024, 02:00 local time
- Place: De Leon Springs, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1454° N, 81.4186° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1454&lon=-81.4186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8257L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,252 total, 15 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240216003689A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED (KASD) SLIDELL, LA AT 2030 TO RELOCATRE AIRCRAFT TO (KDED) DELAND, FL BUT EXHAUSTED FUEL APPROX. 20 MILES FROM AIRPORT AND CRASHED IN THE LAKE GEORGE STATE FOREST.

## 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 ERA24LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA115), Feb 16, 2024: Cessna 172 (N8257L), Pierson, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a total loss of engine power.

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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