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.

[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)

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]