# Incident 19830820047439I: Cessna 172B, Freeport, PA, August 20, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1983, 15:10 local time
- Place: Freeport, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6862° N, 79.6826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Freeport, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6862&lon=-79.6826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7462X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7462X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172B (registry code 2072406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 273 total, 143 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830820047439I

## Narrative

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

LANDED IN A PLOWED FIELD DUE TO A ROUGH ENGINE. FOUND ENGINE OPERATED NORMALLY. POWER LOSS DUE TO CARBURETOR ICING.

## Other reports on N7462X (1)

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

- [Incident 19801017075099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801017075099I), Oct 17, 1980: Cessna 172B (N7462X), Chantilly, VA. Engine lost power and made an emergency landing. No problems found, carburetor ice suspected.

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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