# Incident 20000121000649I: Cessna 172H, Ottumwa, IA, January 21, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2000, 13:30 local time
- Place: Ottumwa, IA
- Airport: Ottumwa Industrial
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0223° N, 92.4233° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ottumwa, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0223&lon=-92.4233&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1643F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1643F-2017-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000121000649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PLANNED VFR PLEASURE FLIGHT BEGAN IN MURFREESBORO, TN (MBT) WITH A STOP IN LEBANON, TN AND A FUEL STOP IN CENTRALIA, IL (CNL) BEFORE REACHING THE FINAL DESTINATION OF OTTUMWA, IA (OTM).  WHILE ON DESCENT INTO OTM THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH.  THE PILOT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A FARM FIELD NEAR THE OTM AIRPORT.  THE PILOT CALLED THE LOCAL FBO FOR ASSISTANCE AND TO GET THE AIRCRAFT CHECKED OUT.  THE AIRCRAFT STILL HAD SUFFICIENT FUEL AS EACH TANK HAD AT LEAST A QUARTER FUEL REMAINING.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND FLOWN OUT OF THE FIELD TO THE AIRPORT WHERE IT WAS AGAIN INSPECTED.  NO DAMAGE OR PROBLEM WAS NOTED.  THE PILOT FLEW THE AIRCRAFT IN THE LOCAL AREA TO ENSURE EVERYTHING WAS OPERATING PROPERLY.  THE MECHANICS AT THE OTM AIRPORT ADVISED THAT THIS PARTICULAR MODEL OF AIRCRAFT WITH THE INDUCTION SYSTEM THAT IT HAS IS VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO CARBURETOR ICING.  NO OTHER ACTION IS PLANNED AND THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.  INCIDENT #ICE012000008.

## Other reports on N1643F (1)

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

- [Accident 20050417008559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050417008559A), Apr 17, 2005: Cessna 172H (N1643F), Oakwood, GA, Substantial damage. (-23) On April 17, 2005, at 1600 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172H, N1643F, registered to and operated by the private pilot, collide with a power line while…

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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