# Incident 20020119006749I: Cessna 172P, Waukegan, IL, January 19, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2002, 11:09 local time
- Place: Waukegan, IL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3694° N, 87.8709° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waukegan, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3694&lon=-87.8709&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5266K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5266K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020119006749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 19, 2002, AT 1109 CST, A CESSNA 172P, N5266K, REGISTERED TO STICK & RUDDER CLUB, INC., WAUKEGAN, IL DEPARTED THE WAUKEGAN AIRPORT, WAUKEGAN, IL ON A PART 91 FLIGHT PROVIDING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TO A STUDENT. APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT DURING CRUISE, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. WITHIN SECONDS A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD AND BLACK SMOKE PUFFED OUT OF THE COWLING. THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT OF ORIGIN. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY DAMAGE. NO INJURIES. NO FIRE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. NOTHING FOLLOWS.

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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