# Incident 19970726027089I: Cessna 172C, Fort Wayne, IN, July 26, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1997, 09:30 local time
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1306° N, 85.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1306&lon=-85.1289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1499Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1499Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 128 total, 9 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970726027089I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT EXECUTED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A WEED FIELD AFTER EXPERIENCING WHAT WAS THOUGHT A PARTIAL POWER LOSS DUE TO SUSPECTED CARBURETOR ICE. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUSTAINED. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED TO THE PILOT NOR THE PASSENGERS. CONDUCTED COUNSELING WITH PILOT.

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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