# Incident 20000124001569I: Cessna R172K, Nashville, AR, January 24, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2000, 11:30 local time
- Place: Nashville, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9419° N, 93.8517° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nashville, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9419&lon=-93.8517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N736YN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N736YN-2025-03-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Reported engine: CONT IO360K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000124001569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 24, 2000 AT 1130AM, CST, A CESSNA R-172K, N736YN, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE OWNER UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A GRASS FIELD 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MINERAL SPRINGS, ARKANSAS.  THE PILOT REPORTED TO JONESBORO AFSS THAT HE HAD ENGINE FAILURE DURING CRUISE AND WAS ENROUTE TO PINE BLUFF AIRPORT (PBF).  THE PRIVATE PILOT LANDED IN A GRASS FIELD NEAR THE TXK 020 RADIAL AT 23 MILES.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WITH ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DISMANTLED ON SITE AND MOVED TO HOPE AIRPORT (M18) FOR REPAIRS.  DURING INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT, IT WS DETERMINED THE ENGINE HAD EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF METAL CONTAMINATIONS.  THE OWNER SOLD AIRCRAFT TO ANOTHER PARTY, THEY IN TURN, WILL PROVIDE THIS OFFICE WITH A DETAIL TEAR DOWN REPORT OF POWERPLANT DURING OVERHAUL AND SEND IN A M OR D REPORT WHEN COMPLETED.

## Other reports on N736YN (1)

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

- [Incident 19910221006209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910221006209I), Feb 21, 1991: Cessna R172K (N736YN), Reedley, CA, Substantial damage. Owner reached into cockpit and turned switch to start to check battery. Aircraft started. Ran into 2 parked planes.

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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