# Incident 19960621032769I: Cessna 172B, Cabot, AR, June 21, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1996, 11:30 local time
- Place: Cabot, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9751° N, 92.0283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cabot, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9751&lon=-92.0283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8139X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8139X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172B (registry code 2072406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,053 total, 1,776 in this make and model, 288 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960621032769I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 21, 1996, AT 1130 CDT, N8139X, A CESSNA 172B, OPERATED BY AMERICAN AERIAL GRAPHICS, INC., AND FLOWN BY KEVIN THOMPSON, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE DURING A FORCED LANDING AT ROLLING HILLS GOLF COURSE NEAR CABOT, ARKANSAS, FOLLOWING AN ENGINE FAILURE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT ON AN AERIAL PHOTO MISSION WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING VERY ROUGH AND THEN QUIT. THERE WAS NO FIRE AND NO INJURIES, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE ENGINE COWLING, WHEEL FAIRINGS, AND THE LEFT WING TIP. INSPECTION REVEALED THE NUMBER 5 CYLINDER STEEL BARREL (PART NUMBER 641917 CP) HAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED ABOUT 1 INCH FROM THE CYLINDER BASE. AN M OR D REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

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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