# Incident 20010503015469I: Cessna 172D, Tampa, FL, May 3, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2001, 17:00 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Tampa International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9755° N, 82.5332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAMPA INTL (TPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9755&lon=-82.5332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2850U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2850U-2013-08-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 400 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010503015469I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 3, 2001 AT 1700 EDT, A CESSNA 172M, REGISTERED TO SCOTT WALKER, EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE. THE PILOT TRIED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A GOLF COURSE, BUT WAS UNABLE AND LANDED IN THE TAMPA BAY IN APPROXIMATELY 20 INCHES OF WATER AND 20 FEET FROM SHORE.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT KEY WEST, FLORIDA TO CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, MAY 3, 2001, AT 1530 HOURS.

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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