# Incident 19961226044359I: Cessna 172M, Dothan, AL, December 26, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1996, 16:15 local time
- Place: Dothan, AL
- Airport: Dothan
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3210° N, 85.4495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DOTHAN RGNL (DHN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3210&lon=-85.4495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9589H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9589H) (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 O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 480 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/19961226044359I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: CESSNA 172, N9589H, OWNED AND OPERATED BY FORENTIUS WANSINK, DEPARTED SANDY CREEK AIRPORT, FL, DESTINED FOR DANVILLE, KY. PILOT MADE DECISION TO RETURN TO SANDY CREEK, 30 MILES NORTH OF EUFAULA, AL DUE TO WEATHER. WEATHER AT THAT TIME WAS 2000' TO 3000' OVERCAST, TEMPERATURE WAS 50 DEGREE S F. PILOT REPORTED ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES NORTH OF DOTHAN, AL. HE PULLED CARBURETOR HEAT ON BUT ENGINE QUIT RUNNING. PILOT SATED THAT HE MADE THREE ATTEMPTS TO RESTART, BUT EACH TIME THE ENGINE ONLY TURNED OVER ONCE EACH ATTEMPT. HE WAS FORCED TO LAND ON TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, DOTHAN, AL. MECHANIC ^PRIVACY DATA O^ OF PANAMA CITY, FL RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT. HE STATED HE RAN THE ENGINE EXTENSIVELY WITH NO PROBLEMS NOTED.

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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