# Accident 20250709009369A: Cessna 172H, Century, FL, July 9, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2025, 18:30 local time
- Place: Century, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.9773° N, 87.2647° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Century, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9773&lon=-87.2647&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3254C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3254C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA261) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250709009369A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT SUFFERED POWER LOSS DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.

PILOT TRIED TO SWITCH FUEL TANKS BUT DUE TO LOW ALTITUDE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART ENGINE.

PILOT DEDCIDED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A PLOWED FIELD.

AIRCRAFT LANDED PERPENDICULAR TO THE PLOWED ROWS AND FLIPED OVER WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN.

THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN AND WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED.

## 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 ERA25LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA261), Jul 9, 2025: Cessna 172H (N3254C), Century, FL, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N3254C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19950812048629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950812048629A), Aug 12, 1995: Cessna 172H (N3254C), Manteo, NC, Substantial damage. (-16) Aircraft was low on fuel and airman landed long and overturned aircraft in field at end of runway. [privacy data omitted]

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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