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Date: | Tuesday 10 April 2012 |
Time: | 16:10 LT |
Type: | Cessna 172R Skyhawk |
Owner/operator: | Kansas State University-Salina |
Registration: | N820KS |
MSN: | 17280486 |
Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Location: | Near German Road, about one mile west of K-177, nr. Alta Vista, KS -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | KSLN |
Destination airport: | KSLN |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:A Kansas State University-Salina student pilot was forced to land her Cessna 172R Skyhawk in a wheat field near German Road, about one mile west of K-177, near Alta Vista, Kansas, when it ran out of fuel during a solo flight.
The student pilot escaped unhurt and the aircraft was undamaged.
Sources:
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.wibw.com/localnews/headlines/K-State_Student_Pilot_Makes_Emergency_Landing_In_Wheat_Field_146902775.html?storySection=story]
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.salina.com/news/story/plane-crash]
https://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/06_820KS.txt
http://www.airliners.net/photos/airliners/6/1/0/0946016.jpg (photo)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Apr-2012 02:40 |
gerard57 |
Added |
11-Apr-2012 05:02 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
11-Apr-2012 07:20 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |