# Incident 19970630026759I: Cessna 172N, Lubbock, TX, June 30, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1997, 16:32 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: Reese Afb
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5779° N, 101.8552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lubbock, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5779&lon=-101.8552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6694E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6694E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 2,445 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970630026759I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM LUBBOCK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGAN TO "RUN ROUGH" AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. ON ONE OF THE CLOSED RUNWAYS AT REESE AFB. INSPECTION REVEALED ONE OF THE STUDS ON THE END OF THE OVERHEAD CAM HAS BROKEN ALLOWING ONE END TO COME LOOSE. THIS CAUSED ONE OF THE VALVES TO BECOME INOPERATIVE CAUSING THE ENGINE ROUGHNESS.

## Other reports on N6694E (1)

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

- [Incident 19990630015779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990630015779I), Jun 30, 1999: Cessna 172N (N6694E), Vaughn, NM. On June 30, 1999, at 1415 MST, a Cessna 172, N6694E, registered to james cooper, landed on a road 12 miles north of Vaughn, new Mexico, after the engine…

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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