# Incident 19990630015779I: Cessna 172N, Vaughn, NM, June 30, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1999, 14:15 local time
- Place: Vaughn, NM
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6072° N, 105.2126° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vaughn, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6072&lon=-105.2126&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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990630015779I

## Narrative

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

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 STARTED TO RUN ROUGH. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LUBBOCK, TEXAS, ON JUNE 30, 1999.

## Other reports on N6694E (1)

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

- [Incident 19970630026759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970630026759I), Jun 30, 1997: Cessna 172N (N6694E), Lubbock, TX. Narrative: shortly after takeoff from Lubbock international airport the aircraft engine began to "run rough" and the pilot elected to make a precautionary…

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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