# Incident 20020315005359I: Cessna 172N, Hugo, CO, March 15, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2002, 16:00 local time
- Place: Hugo, CO
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1362° N, 103.4731° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hugo, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1362&lon=-103.4731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4973F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4973F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 260 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020315005359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING FLIGHT VFR CENTENNIAL TO LAMAR, TAE-HYUNG KIM, REPORTED ENGINE PROBLEMS AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD IN HUGO, CO. A MECHANIC WAS DISPATCHED TO THE LANDING SIGHT AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE AIRCRAFT. IT WAS FLOWN BACK TO CENTENNIAL AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER INTERVIEWING THE PILOT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT CARBURETOR ICE MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR IN THE DECREADING ENGINE POWER. THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE THE CARBURETOR HEAT ON UNTIL AFTER LANDING. THE CHIEF PILOT AT THE WINGS OF DENVER FLIGHT SCHOOL SCHEDULED THE PILOT FOR REMEDIAL TRAINING ON MARCH 20, 2002. THIS OFFICE IS SATISFIED WITH THE ACTIONS OF THE FLIGHT SCHOOL.

## Other reports on N4973F (1)

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

- [Incident 19970812028739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970812028739I), Aug 12, 1997: Cessna 172N (N4973F), Torrance, CA. Narrative: on August 12, 1997, at 1324 PDT, PIC karl messerschmidt and his student pilot, william lamar, declared an emergency due to a rough running engine at…

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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