# Incident 20010727030299I: Cessna 172H, Elizabethtown, IL, July 27, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2001, 23:20 local time
- Place: Elizabethtown, IL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4499° N, 88.3035° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elizabethtown, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4499&lon=-88.3035&mi=10
- Aircraft: N275SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N275SW-2017-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010727030299I

## Narrative

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

(-23)^PRIVACY DATA O^- RECEIVED A REPORT FROM THE HARDIN COUNTY SHERRIFF'S DEPT THAT N275SW HAD LANDED ON A BRIDGE NEAR ELIZABETH, IL. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED NO DAMAGE AND THE PILOT HAD STATED HE WAS GOING CROSS-COUNTRY FROM ST. LOUIS, MO TO ROCKWOOD, TN, HAD BECOME DISORIENTED IN FOG AND HAD MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. THE PILOT CONTACTED THIS FSDO THE NEXT DAY AT NOON AND INQUIRED WHETHER IT WAS PERMISSIBLE TO TAKE OFF ON A ROAD TO RETURN TO HIS HOME AIRPORT. HE WAS TOLD THAT THAT WAS INADVISABLE AND A RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT TO A SUITABLE AIRPORT. THE PILOT WAS REQUESTED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THIS INVESTIGATION. HE REPLIED, HE DID NOT HAVE HIS LOGBOOKS OR THE AIRCRAFT LOGBOOKS WITH HIM. HE WAS THEN REQUESTED TO CONTACT THIS OFFICE AS SOON AS HE REACHED HIS HOME. THIS OFFICE HAS RECEIVED NO FURTHER COMMUNICATION FROM THE PILOT IN COMMAND. THIS INCIDENT IS BEING CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N275SW (1)

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

- [Accident 20030308011279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030308011279A), Mar 8, 2003: Cessna 172H (N275SW), Callao, MO, Substantial damage. (-23) Shortly after departure from a private airstrip in Callao, Missouri, pilot states that the engine began to run rough, with the engine tachometer…

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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