# Incident 20000625033469I: Cessna 172N, Pella, IA, June 25, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2000, 12:30 local time
- Place: Pella, IA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4047° N, 92.9174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pella, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4047&lon=-92.9174&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4822G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4822G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 223 total, 223 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000625033469I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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