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FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Austin, TX · December 20, 1996

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Date
December 20, 1996 · 20:13 local
Place
Austin, TX
Airport
Robert Mueller Municipal
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N13277
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,075 total150 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days
N13277Registered now · Cessna 172MS/N 17262633 · Built 1973Airframe modelCessna 172MEngine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on December 20, 1996, at 8:13 pm a Cessna 172M, owned by Robert white, inc., made an emergency landing at Robert Mueller airport, Austin, Texas. The pleasure flight was conducted under visual meteorological conditions and no flight plan was filed. The pilot reported a rough running engine approximately fifteen minutes into the flight, returned to the airport, and landed without incident. Maintenance personnel determined that the left magneto had failed, causing the engine to run rough. The magneto was replaced and the aircraft ran normally. The flight originated at Robert Mueller airport, Austin, Texas on December 20, 1996 at approximately 7:55 pm. The pilot, mr. Robert taylor white, holds commercial certificate no. 458975020. This office considers this matter closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON DECEMBER 20, 1996, AT 8:13 PM A CESSNA 172M, OWNED BY ROBERT WHITE, INC., MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT ROBERT MUELLER AIRPORT, AUSTIN, TEXAS. THE PLEASURE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT REPORTED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT, AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DETERMINED THAT THE LEFT MAGNETO HAD FAILED, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO RUN ROUGH. THE MAGNETO WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT RAN NORMALLY. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ROBERT MUELLER AIRPORT, AUSTIN, TEXAS ON DECEMBER 20, 1996 AT APPROXIMATELY 7:55 PM. THE PILOT, MR. ROBERT TAYLOR WHITE, HOLDS COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE NO. 458975020. THIS OFFICE CONSIDERS THIS MATTER CLOSED.