# Incident 19940730033239I: Cessna 172L, Plymouth, IN, July 30, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1994, 12:15 local time
- Place: Plymouth, IN
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3488° N, 86.3193° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plymouth, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3488&lon=-86.3193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4378Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4378Q) (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 O320E2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 393 total, 320 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940730033239I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 30, 1994, AT 1215 EST, A CESSNA 172L, OWNED BY ROD C. DUTT LANDED IN A SOY-BEAN FIELD NORTH OF PLYMOUTH, INDIANA DURING A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS RALPH L. STOLTE CERTIFICATE NUMBER 313243665. PILOT STATED HE WAS ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT WHEN HE NOTICED HIS RPM AND OIL PRESSURE DROPPING. HE SELECTED A FIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INVESTIGATION OF THE LYCOMING 0320-E20 POWERPLANT, REVEALED THAT BOTH CONNECTING ROD BOLTS P/N 78027 HAD FAILED AND THE END CAP WAS DESTROYED ON THE NUMBER 3 CONNECTING ROD P/N 78030-S.

## Other reports on N4378Q (2)

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

- [Incident 20121102025029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121102025029I), Nov 2, 2012: Cessna 172L (N4378Q), Winamac, IN, Minor damage. During landing rollout a deer ran into the left side of aircraft.
- [Accident 20010121003149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010121003149A), Jan 21, 2001: Cessna 172L (N4378Q), Culver, IN, Substantial damage. (-19) On January 21, 2001, at 1555 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172L, N4378Q, piloted by a certified flight instructor, was substantially damaged during a…

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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