# Incident 19990715027049I: Cessna 172N, Smithville, TX, July 15, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1999, 16:20 local time
- Place: Smithville, TX
- Airport: Smithville Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0088° N, 97.1519° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Smithville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0088&lon=-97.1519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739ZY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N739ZY-2019-06-12) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 175 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990715027049I

## Narrative

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

JOHN C. BABB (PIC OF N739ZY) DEPARTED GEORGETOWN AIRPORT (T04) IN ROUTE TO AUSTIN MULLER AIRPORT (AUS) WITH ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD. WHILE FLYING NORTH BETWEN SMITHVILLE, TX. AND LAGRANGE TX. THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND LOST POWER. JOHN (PIC), WENT THROUGH THE EMERGENCY LANDING CHECK LIST. HE THEN MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE THROTTLE (NURSED THE CONTROLS), WITH NO RESPONSE AS THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO SPUTTER. AT THIS TIME JOHN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AT SMITHVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND SET UP FOR LANDING WITHOUT THE ENGINE. THEY LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND WITHOUT INJURIES OR FIRE. EMERGENCY GROUND CREW WERE DISPATCHED.

## Other reports on N739ZY (1)

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

- [Incident 19960914044829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960914044829I), Sep 14, 1996: Cessna 172N (N739ZY), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: while taxiing to the ramp in a non-movement area at David Wayne Hooks memorial airport (dwh) Houston, Texas, N739ZY struck and broke the rear window…

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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