# NTSB Accident LAX00LA021
> **Cessna 172N** · 1999-10-21 · DEER VALLEY, AZ, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX00LA021
- **Event ID:** 20001212X19994
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-10-21
- **Location:** DEER VALLEY, AZ, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.680519, -112.089073
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172N
- **Registration:** N738FY
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's inadequate preflight verification of the fuel quantity, and, once he became aware of the critical fuel state, his decision to over-fly two alternate airports in order to continue to his destination.

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