# Incident 20010723017579I: Cessna 172N, Middletown, PA, July 23, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2001, 07:00 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6522D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6522D-2018-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 250 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010723017579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF ON RUNWAY 13 THE ENGINE BECAME ROUGH AND LOST BETWEEN 250-300 RPM. PILOT CONTACTED TOWER AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 31.  AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO RAMP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N6522D (1)

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

- [Incident 19940122006039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940122006039I), Jan 22, 1994: Cessna 172N (N6522D), Houston, TX. Narrative: Mr. Natiello: a student pilot, was performing solo touch and go landings in Cessna N6522D which ran off the leftside of the runway (35R) and got…

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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