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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172C · Fairbault, MN · March 7, 1996

Date: March 7, 1996 · 17:00 local
Place: Fairbault, MN
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1643Y
Reported as: Cessna 172C
Reported engine: Continental O300C
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 483 total185 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N1643YRegistered now · Cessna 172CS/N 17249343 · Built 1962 Airframe modelCessna 172C Engine modelContinental 0-300 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: during cruise flight engine started to lose power 30 minutes after pilot switched fuel tanks, engine would run on primer a short time but could not sustain operation. Pilot performed emergency landing in a plowed field bending the nose wheel rearward, cowling and prop bent. privacy data omitted Pilot stated fuel was sump checked. If during course of repair mechanical deficiency is found this report will be amended. Copy of repair invoice to determine cause will be forthcoming.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: DURING CRUISE FLIGHT ENGINE STARTED TO LOSE POWER 30 MINUTES AFTER PILOT SWITCHED FUEL TANKS, ENGINE WOULD RUN ON PRIMER A SHORT TIME BUT COULD NOT SUSTAIN OPERATION. PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING IN A PLOWED FIELD BENDING THE NOSE WHEEL REARWARD, COWLING AND PROP BENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT STATED FUEL WAS SUMP CHECKED. IF DURING COURSE OF REPAIR MECHANICAL DEFICIENCY IS FOUND THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED. COPY OF REPAIR INVOICE TO DETERMINE CAUSE WILL BE FORTHCOMING.