# Incident 19990530022609I: Cessna 172N, Indianapolis, IN, May 30, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1999, 18:35 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Metropolitan Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5435J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5435J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 30 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990530022609I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON MAY 30, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 1835 EST, DAVID HABIG, PASEL CERTIFICATE NUMBER 305643862, MADE A TOUCH AND GO LANDING ON RUNWAY 15 AT INDIANAPOLIS METRO AIRPORT, INDIANAPOLIS, IN IN N5435J, A CESSNA 172. THERE WERE THREE PASSENGERS ON BOARD WITH THE PILOT IN COMMAND. DURING THE CLIMBOUT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT HAD REACHED AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 200 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY LOST A SIGNIFICATE AMT. OF POWER.  THE  PILOT WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED DURING THE SUBSEQUENT DESCENT TO MAKE A 270 DEGREE TURN AND LAND IN A FIELD EAST OF AND ADJACENT TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY.  THERE WAS ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR HIS PASSENGERS.  THE ENGINE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE ENOUGH POWER FOR THE PILOT TO TAXI ACROSS THE RUNWAY AND TO THE RAMP.  UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE EXHAUST VALVE PUSH ROD HAD BROKEN AND THE INTAKE VALVE ROD WAS BENT.  NO FURTHER ACTION IN THIS MATTER IS ANTICICPATED AND THIS INCI DENT IS 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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