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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Pella, IA · June 25, 2000

Date: June 25, 2000 · 12:30 local
Place: Pella, IA
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4822G
Reported as: Cessna 172N
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 223 total223 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days

N4822GRegistered now · Cessna 172NS/N 17273370 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)Cessna 172 departed dpa to pea. Approximately 10 miles from the Pella, IA airport the aircraft engine starting running rough and then lost all power. The pilot made an off-airport landing in a soybean field without substantial damage to the aircraft. Further inspection of the aircraft engine showed that the number 4 cylinder exhaust valve was missing and the number 4 piston appeared to be broken.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)CESSNA 172 DEPARTED DPA TO PEA. APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES FROM THE PELLA, IA AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTING RUNNING ROUGH AND THEN LOST ALL POWER. THE PILOT MADE AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING IN A SOYBEAN FIELD WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE SHOWED THAT THE NUMBER 4 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE WAS MISSING AND THE NUMBER 4 PISTON APPEARED TO BE BROKEN.