# Incident 19890202005439I: Cessna 172F, Yorktown, VA, February 2, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1989, 16:40 local time
- Place: Yorktown, VA
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2340° N, 76.5182° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yorktown, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2340&lon=-76.5182&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5502R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,070 total, 117 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890202005439I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOSING RPM. EMERGENCY LANDING IN FIELD WITHOUT INCIDENT. CAUSE NOT STATED.

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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