# Incident 19880510025229I: Cessna R172K, Visalia, CA, May 10, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1988, 16:00 local time
- Place: Visalia, CA
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CUEA
- Location: 36.3302° N, 119.2921° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Visalia, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3302&lon=-119.2921&mi=10
- Aircraft: N758XY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N758XY-1998-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Reported engine: CONT IO360KB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 400 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880510025229I

## Narrative

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

HAD A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER AT CRUISE. FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD. BOTH MAGNETOS WERE FOUND TO BE CARBON TRACKING.

## Other reports on N758XY (1)

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

- [Accident 19930328007439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930328007439A), Mar 28, 1993: Cessna R172K (N758XY), Fresno, CA, Substantial damage. Fire erupted under cabin floor. Put out by pilot. Unsupported wires abraded fuel line. Arced.burned hole in fuel line

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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