# Incident 19881123062669I: Cessna 172G, Meridian, MS, November 23, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 1988, 12:58 local time
- Place: Meridian, MS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3643° N, 88.7037° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Meridian, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3643&lon=-88.7037&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5972R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5972R-2013-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 72 total, 72 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881123062669I

## Narrative

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

LOST OIL PRESSURE THEN POWER FAILURE. LANDED IN A PASTURE. HOLE BURNED IN NR2 CYLINDER. SUGGESTS DETONATION.

## Other reports on N5972R (1)

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

- [Accident 19930307004459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930307004459A), Mar 7, 1993: Cessna 172G (N5972R), Jackson, GA, Substantial damage, 3 fatal. Took off downwind full flaps quartering tail wind. Turbulence. Rolled and nosed into terrain. Flaps had been dumped

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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