# Incident 19961220044669I: Cessna 172M, Austin, TX, December 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1996, 20:13 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Airport: Robert Mueller Municipal
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2672&lon=-97.7431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13277, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13277) (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: 1,075 total, 150 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961220044669I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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