# Incident 20010219002319I: Cessna 172M, Olathe, KS, February 19, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 2001, 17:40 local time
- Place: Olathe, KS
- Airport: New Century Aircenter Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8309° N, 94.8903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW CENTURY AIRCENTER (IXD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8309&lon=-94.8903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12182, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12182-2018-01-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 125 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010219002319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 22 AT NEW CENTURY AIR CENTER, NEW CENTURY, KS., (IXD), THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO INCREASE POWER, BUT THE THROTTLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A FIELD JUST SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR STUDENT, AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FROM KANSAS CITY AVIATION CENTER, OLATHE KANSAS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE AND DISCOVERED THE CARBURATOR AIR VALVE SHAFT HAD SEIZED IN THE CARBURETOR, PREVENTING THROTTLE MOVEMENT. INCIDENT #CE2001IGA0025 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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