# Incident 20010511008679I: Cessna 172D, Scotland, NC, May 11, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2001, 14:00 local time
- Place: Scotland, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N2480Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2480Y-2001-12-10) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 700 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010511008679I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT STATED 30 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. PILOT TRIED CHECKING THE MAGS, PULLED CARB, HEAT AND SWITCHED FUEL TANKS.  UNSUCCESSFUL WITH THE ATTEMPTS AND THE ENGINE AT IDLE,THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A RECENTLY PLOWED FIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT NOSE LANDING GEAR SUNK INTO THE SOFT FIELD AND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT OVER.  THE PILOT, NOT INJURED, AND WITH THE HELP OF THE OWNER OF THE FIELD CALLED THE LOCAL SHERRIFFS DEPARTMENT.  THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO: THE VERTICAL STAB WHICH IS BENT APPROXIMATELY 24" FROM THE TOP, BOTH THE WINGS TRAILING EDGES ARE BENT AND LIMITED DAMGE TO THE LEADING EDGE, LEFT WING STRUT BENT AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUSELAGE DAMAGE, BUCKLED SKIN, JUST AFT OF THE CARGO COMPARTMENT ON BOTH SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE.  AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE FIELD AND BROUGHT BACK TO 9NCO, THE FAA WAS PRESENT FOR AN ENGINE RUN.  ENGINE STARTED QUICKLY WITH NO HESITATION, ENGINE STAYED RUNNING FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES.  A THOROUGH INSPECTION FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF ENGINE MALFUNCTION AT THIS TIME, HOWEVER IS WAS NOTED BY THE MECHANIC RUNNING THE ENGINE OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF FOD IN THE FUEL VENT LINE.

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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