# Incident 19860108038729I: Cessna 172D, Taunton, MA, January 8, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1986, 10:12 local time
- Place: Taunton, MA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9001° N, 71.0898° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Taunton, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9001&lon=-71.0898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2848U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2848U-1997-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 820 total, 340 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860108038729I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SURGED AND RAN ROUGH. LANDED IN A FIELD. FOUND WATER IN FUEL SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N2848U (1)

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

- [Accident 19951022033649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951022033649A), Oct 22, 1995: Cessna 172D (N2848U), Pryor, OK, Substantial damage. Wind gust lifted upwind wing during taxi. Nosed up onto left wing. Occupants evacuated. Wind blew plane inverted.

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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