# Incident 20000413033089I: Cessna 172C, Port Mansfield, TX, April 13, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2000, 12:48 local time
- Place: Port Mansfield, TX
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5694° N, 97.4423° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Mansfield, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5694&lon=-97.4423&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8488X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8488X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 200 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/20000413033089I

## Narrative

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

(-23)TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ PILOT OF CESSNA N8488X, A CE-172-C, ON 4-17-00 AT 645 PM. ^PRIVACY ^ ADVISED THAT AFTER LEVEL OFF AT 6000 FEET, ON VICTOR AIRWAY 163, APPROXIMATELY IN THE VICINITY OF MANNY INTERSECTION THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGIN TO SPUTTER.  HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND ATC ISSUED HIM LOWER ALTITUDE.  ATC ADVISED HIM THAT PORT MANSFIELD AIRPORT WAS APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES FROM HIS POSITION AND ASSIGNED HIM A RADAR VECTOR FOR THE AIRPORT.  ^PRIVACY ^ ADVISED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT MAINTAIN AN ALTITUDE AND HE LANDED INLAND 1/2 MILE FROM THE COAST LINE.  HE SAID THAT THE LANDING WAS HARD HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED UP RIGHT AND IT APPREARED TO HAVE NO DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND PASSENGER.  THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE DID NOT QUIT RUNNING IT JUST LOST POWER ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY ^.

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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