# Incident 20000912027579I: Cessna 172I, Leesburg, FL, September 12, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2000, 09:50 local time
- Place: Leesburg, FL
- Airport: Leesburg Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8229° N, 81.8084° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEESBURG INTL (LEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8229&lon=-81.8084&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35605, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35605-2022-09-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172I (registry code 2072426, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172I
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 320 total, 150 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000912027579I

## Narrative

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

(-23)DEPARTED TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA (TIX). AIRCRAFT WAS CRUISING AT 8500 FT. WITH ENGINE MAINTAINING 2400 RPM.  ENGINE MOMENTARILY STOPPED, CREW INITIATED ENGINE RESTART WHEN ENGINE AUTOMATICALLY RE-GRAINED PARTIAL POWER OF 1400 TO 1500 RPM.  CREW DECLARED EMERGENCY LANDING AT LEESBURG, FLORIDA (LEE). AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO MAINTENANCE FACILITY.  ON GROUND, ENGINE RAN TO 2250 RPM.  CARBURETOR AND GASCOLATOR WERE INSPECTED, WATER AND CONTAMINANTS WERE FOUND IN FUEL FROM GASCOLATOR.  TAXIED AIRCRAFT TO RUN UP AREA, RAN ENGINE UP TO 2400 RPM WITH FUEL SELECTOR ON BOTH TANKS, NO DEFECTS NOTED.  RUN ENGINE FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 MINTUES ON EACH FUEL TANK, NO DEFECTS NOTED.  COUNSELED PILOTS ON FUEL PUMP DURING PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION.

## Other reports on N35605 (1)

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

- [Incident 19890729025679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890729025679I), Jul 29, 1989: Cessna 172I (N35605), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. Runway marked with x. weather deteriorating. Pilot elected to land. Unable to stop on wet runway and hit a ditch.

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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