# Incident 20010619013359I: Cessna 172M, Southport, NC, June 19, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2001, 14:30 local time
- Place: Southport, NC
- Airport: Brunswick County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9333° N, 78.0085° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Southport, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9333&lon=-78.0085&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73489, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73489) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010619013359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 06/19/2001 AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 LOCAL AIRCRAFT N73489, A CESSNA 172M DEPARTED SANFORD COUNTY AIRPORT (TTA), WITH ONE PILOT AND ONE FEMALE PASSENGER, AND WAS ENROUTE TO BRUNSWICK COUNTY AIRPORT (SUT). WHILE ON APPROACH INTO BRUNSWICK COUNTY AIRPORT AIRCRAFT N73489'S ENGINE STARTED TO LOSE POWER AND THEN CEASED.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE, BUT FAILED.  THE PILOT THEN PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES FROM BRUNSWICK COUNTY AIRPORT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED NO INJURIES, AND AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  AIRCRAFT WAS BASED OUT OF SANFORD-LEE COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT, AND IS REGISTERED TO NATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION IN SANDFORD, NC.

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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