# Incident 19990716018729I: Cessna 120, Andrews, TX, July 16, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1999, 16:30 local time
- Place: Andrews, TX
- Airport: Andrews County Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3308° N, 102.5297° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ANDREWS COUNTY (E11), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3308&lon=-102.5297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1972V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1972V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 120 (registry code 2071402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 159 total, 105 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990716018729I

## Narrative

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

(-5)N1972V, CE-120 ENROUTE TO EO2, LOST POWER NEAR ANDREWS, TX. AIRCRAFT MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING.  NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT.  PILOT REPORTED LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE, HIGH OIL TEMPERATURE AND ENGINE MAKEING METAL TO METAL SOUNDS.  AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ROAD 6MM FROM ANDREWS, TX.  ENGINE TEAR DOWN TO BE MONITORED BY LBB SPM.

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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