# Incident 19960703020449I: Cessna 172M, Carrollton, GA, July 3, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 1996, 21:05 local time
- Place: Carrollton, GA
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5818° N, 85.0833° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carrollton, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5818&lon=-85.0833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1493V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1493V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 70 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960703020449I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM TROY, AL TO DOBBINS AFB, GA. THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND REQUESTED THE NEAREST AIRPORT. THE ENGINE QUIT AND THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON CROSSPLAINS ROAD. CROSSPLAINS ROAD IS JUST OFF GA SR 166 APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES EAST OF CARROLLTON, GA. AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED SAFELY WITH NO DAMAGE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE #1 ROD CAP BROKE OFF AND WENT THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE BETWEEN THE #1 AND #2 CYLINDERS.

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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