# Incident 19960515014739I: Cessna 172N, Osborn, MO, May 15, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1996, 11:00 local time
- Place: Osborn, MO
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7499° N, 94.3569° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Osborn, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7499&lon=-94.3569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3234E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3234E-2021-10-30) (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 O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,520 total, 500 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960515014739I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PIC REPORTED THAT, WHILE EN ROUTE FROM RAINBOW AIR VILLAGE, DEARBORN, MO TO CAMERON, MO HE EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE VIBRATION FOLLOWED BY A SUBSTANTIAL POWER LOSS. A FIELD WAS SELECTED AND THE PIC (WHO IS ALSO A CFI) SUCCESSFULLY ACCOMPLISHED AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING IN A FARM FIELD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS, NOR ANY DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE. N3234E IS REGISTERED TO: CROSS COUNTRY AVIATION OF KANSAS, INC. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AN A&P MECHANIC, MR. BOB MARSH, INSPECTED N3234E AND DETERMINED THAT A ROD END STUD HAD BROKEN. PARTS WERE ORDERED, REPAIRS EFFECTED ON SCENE, AND ON 05-18-96 THE AIRPLANE WAS FLOWN OFF FROM THE FARM ROAD BACK TO 1MO0. THIS INCIDENT, NO. CE96IGA0063, IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N3234E (1)

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

- [Incident 19790619021619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790619021619I), Jun 19, 1979: Cessna 172N (N3234E), Washington, DC, Minor damage. Starter failed to disengage after engine start due to misfitting key. Pn C292 501 0105.

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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