# Incident 20000407022839I: Cessna 172RG, Big Bear, CA, April 7, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2000, 18:05 local time
- Place: Big Bear, CA
- Airport: Big Bear City Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2638° N, 116.8560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIG BEAR CITY (L35), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2638&lon=-116.8560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5510R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5510R-2007-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYC O360F1A6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 195 total, 43 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000407022839I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT STATED CRUISE PORTION OF FLIGHT HO NOTICED THE TACHOMETER NEDDLE HAD MAXED OUT. HE RETARDED THE THROTTLES AND THE NEEDLE FELL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SCALE.  AFTER POWERING UP AGAIN TH NEEDLE ACTED ERRATICALLY.  NOT KNOWING IF HE WAS HAVING ENGINE OR INSTRUMENT PROBLEMS  HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED THE AIRPLANE ON A SERVICE ROAD.  MAINTENANCE SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND THE TACHOMETER CABLE HAD BROKEN.

## Other reports on N5510R (2)

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

- [Incident 19970822032409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970822032409I), Aug 22, 1997: Cessna 172RG (N5510R), Scottsdale, AZ, Minor damage. Narrative: the pilot encountered an abnormal situation about 30 minutes into the flight with the right brake pressure being depleted. The pilot decided to turn…
- [Incident 19931208049329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931208049329I), Dec 8, 1993: Cessna 172RG (N5510R), Goodyear, AZ. Instructor pulled throttle. Asked student where he would land. On go around engine sputtered. Forced landing.

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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