# Incident 19950303005099I: Cessna 172N, Lovelock, NV, March 3, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1995, 12:30 local time
- Place: Lovelock, NV
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1787° N, 118.4774° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lovelock, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1787&lon=-118.4774&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4773E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4773E-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 300 in this make and model, 270 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950303005099I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, BARTON HUMMER, WHILE ON A LOCAL BUSINESS FLIGHT, AN ENGINE VIBRATION WAS FELT AND THE ENGINE SEIZED. A LANDING WAS MADE ON A COUNTY ROAD AT THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF R-4813. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGER AND NO FIRE. NO PILOT DEVIATION INVOLVED. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N4773E (1)

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

- [Accident 19950527018179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950527018179A), May 27, 1995: Cessna 172N (N4773E), Lovelock, NV, Destroyed, 4 fatal. Struck power line during flight at unsafe altitude at dusk. Had flown over private unlighted ag strip prior impact.

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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