# Incident 19911225060779I: Cessna 172L, Vandalia, IL, December 25, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 1991, 18:01 local time
- Place: Vandalia, IL
- Airport: Vandalia Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9915° N, 89.1662° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VANDALIA MUNI (VLA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9915&lon=-89.1662&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9888G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9888G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911225060779I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE ROUGH AND LOSING RPM. CARBURETOR HEAT WORSENED PROBLEM. EMERGENCY LANDING. ENGINE OK ON FINAL.

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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