# Incident 19920717040499I: Cessna 172G, Benton Harbor, MI, July 17, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1992, 17:10 local time
- Place: Benton Harbor, MI
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1135° N, 86.4472° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Benton Harbor, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1135&lon=-86.4472&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3971L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3971L) (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: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 455 total, 8 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920717040499I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILURE IN FLIGHT. FORCED LANDING IN SOYBEAN FIELD. AIRCRAFT WAS NOT REGISTERED. NO CURRENT INSPECTION.

## Other reports on N3971L (2)

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

- [Accident 20231114017709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231114017709A), Nov 14, 2023: Cessna 172G (N3971L), Spanish Fork, UT, Substantial damage, 2 fatal. On November 14, 2023, about 1008 mountain standard time, a 1966 Cessna 172G, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near provo, Utah.…
- [Accident 19870108000239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870108000239A), Jan 8, 1987: Cessna 172G (N3971L), Tuskegee, AL, Substantial damage. The engine failed during a touch and go. The aircraft overshot the runway and flipped. Fuel contamintion.

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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