# Incident 20010824024979I: Cessna R172E, Albuquerque, NM, August 24, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2001, 16:15 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7873N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7873N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172E (registry code 2072413, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172E
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 730 total, 400 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010824024979I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 24, 2001, AT 1615 MST, A CESSNA 172, N7873N REGISTERED TO KIRTLAND AERO CLUB LOST POWER AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 8 AT ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. PILOT REPORTED FUEL ODOR AFTER MAKING RIGHT TURN AT APPROXIMIATELY 800 FEET AGL. ENGINE SPUTTERED AND STOPPED. ONE UNSUCCESSFUL RESTART WAS ATTEMPTED. DURING THIS TIME PILOT NOTIFIED TOWER AND WAS GIVEN PERMISSION TO LAND RUNWAY 30. AIRCRAFT WAS SUCCESSFULLY LANDED ON RUNWAY 30 WITH NO DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N7873N (2)

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

- [Incident 20240103000239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240103000239I), Jan 3, 2024: Cessna R172E (N7873N), Colorado Spring, CO, Minor damage. On January 3, 2024 a Cessna 172 was rolling-out after landing at Colorado Springs municipal airport and experienced an unanticipated gust of wind that resulted…
- [Incident 20070815018789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070815018789I), Aug 15, 2007: Cessna R172E (N7873N), Goodyear, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) During landing private pilot [privacy data omitted] made a normal touchdown but shortly after landing lost control and became airborne briefly. He did…

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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