# Incident 19980131003199I: Cessna 172P, Carefree, AZ, January 31, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1998, 07:30 local time
- Place: Carefree, AZ
- Airport: Sky Ranch Carefree Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8232° N, 111.9133° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carefree, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8232&lon=-111.9133&mi=10
- Aircraft: N129FR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N129FR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 400 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980131003199I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE DURING CRUISE FLIGHT FROM SDL TO SEZ AT 7,500' MSL APPROXIMATELY 16 NM NORTH OF CAREFREE, THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WENT TO "0". I TURNED 180 DEGREE AND THE PLANE RAN NORMALLY FOR APPROXIMATELY 17 NM. WHILE JUST SOUTH OF SKI RANCH AIRPORT, THE PLANE BEGAN TO SHUDDER WITH ABRUPT LOSS OF RPM. I SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE, SECURED THE PLANE, CIRCLED AND THEN LANDED AT SKY RANCH. OIL HAD COMPLETELY COATED THIS PLANE'S UNDERSIDE. ENGINE 1725 SMOH THREW A ROD CAUSING POWER LOSS.

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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