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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Indianapolis, IN · March 18, 1994

Date: March 18, 1994 · 10:30 local
Place: Indianapolis, IN
Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N5158E
Reported as: Cessna 172N
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 870 total200 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N5158ERegistered now · Cessna 172NS/N 17271743 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: incident no IGL119401 during a dual instructional flight, the engine began to lose power during climb. The flight instructor elected to make a forced landing in a field. This was accomplished without injury to the crew or damage to the airplane. Inspection of the engine revealed a foreign substance partially clogging the carburetor fuel inlet screen.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: INCIDENT NO IGL119401 DURING A DUAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER DURING CLIMB. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ELECTED TO MAKE A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD. THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT INJURY TO THE CREW OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE. INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A FOREIGN SUBSTANCE PARTIALLY CLOGGING THE CARBURETOR FUEL INLET SCREEN.

Other reports on N5158E · 3

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

Incident 19911110056579IForced/Precautionary Landing · Indianapolis, INExperienced smoke in cockpit after takeoff. Returned. Found fuel gauge shorted internally. Caused smoke.Nov 10, 1991 · Minor damage Incident 19911008050619IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Columbus, OHPilot lost directional control on rollout. Veered off runway. Destroyed a runway light.Oct 8, 1991 · Minor damage Accident 19820613024019ARoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Marion, IAPilot claims wind shift caused him to overshoot landing and run off end of runway.Jun 13, 1982 · Substantial damage