# Incident 19960117003079I: Cessna 172H, Montpelier, VT, January 17, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1996, 14:00 local time
- Place: Montpelier, VT
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2664° N, 72.5715° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montpelier, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2664&lon=-72.5715&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2754L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2754L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 600 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960117003079I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT AND CO-OWNER, LEON C. TUCKER DEPARTED THE MPV AIRPORT AT 14:00 ON WEDNESDAY 01/17/96 FOR A LOCAL VFR FLIGHT TO THE MPV VOR AND RETURN. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN TIED DOWN WITHOUT ANY ACTIVITY SINCE OCTOBER 95. APPROXIMATELY 5 MINS. INTO THE FLIGHT AS HE WAS SWINGING AROUND THE VOR AT 2,900 FT., HE APPLIED CARB. HEAT. THE ENGINE THEN QUIT. HE THEN ELECTED TO SET THE AIRCRAFT DOWN AT CARRIERS FIELD (PRIVATE AIRPORT) WHICH WAS UNPLOWED (APPROX. 1500 FT STRIP). THE AIRCRAFT'S NLG COLLAPSED AFT DAMAGING FIREWALL AND PROP. NO INJURIES OR FIRE RESULTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOOKED AT BY I.A. MECHANIC JOHN ROBERTI (VT. FLYING SVC.) ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ WHO FOUND THAT TWO MICE HAD BEEN SUCKED INTO THE CARB. VENTURI FROM CARB. HEAT BOX AND BLOCKED OFF AIR FLOW CAUSING ENGINE TO STOP. MR. ROBERTI HAS AGREED TO SEND US A STATEMENT CONCERNING HIS FINDINGS AS WELL AS PHOTOGRAPHS. HE WILL ALSO SUBMIT M OR D. NOTE: NTSB (B. HANCOCK) CONTACTED AND EXTENT OF DAMAGE DISCUSSED WITH MUTUAL AGREEMENT TO CONSIDER THIS OCCURRENCE AS AN INCIDENT.

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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