# Incident 19960811027089I: Cessna 172P, Paris, TX, August 11, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1996, 13:00 local time
- Place: Paris, TX
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6609° N, 95.5555° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Paris, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6609&lon=-95.5555&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54003, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54003) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 177 total, 177 in this make and model, 147 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960811027089I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 2,200 MSL. ENGINE BACKFIRED, BEGAN LOSING POWER AND QUIT RUNNING. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART ENGINE WITHOUT SUCCESS. PILOT INITIATED EMERGENCY LANDING TO GRASS FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED WITHOUT DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR TO OTHER PRIVATE PROPERTY. THIS INCIDENT CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT, AND A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT TO FOLLOW.

## Other reports on N54003 (1)

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

- [Accident 19930704022129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930704022129A), Jul 4, 1993: Cessna 172P (N54003), Lancaster, TX, Substantial damage. Lost power en route. Landed soft field. Collapsed nose gear. Nosed over. Fuel tanks were empty.

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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