# Incident 20020501010769I: Cessna 172P, Geneva, FL, May 1, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2002, 12:30 local time
- Place: Geneva, FL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.7366° N, 81.1162° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Geneva, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7366&lon=-81.1162&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62166, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62166-2009-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 568 total, 280 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020501010769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 1, 2002, AT 1230 EDT, A CESSNA 172, N62166, OWNED BY THE COMAIR AVIATION ACADEMY, AND PILOTED BY MR. JON ATHEY, EXPERIENCED ENGINE PROBLEMS AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD 10 STATUTE MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE ORLANDO SANFORD AIRPORT NEAR GENEVA, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGEDAND THE PILOT AND STUDENT WERE UNINJURED. THE PILOT, MR. JON WEBSTER ATHEY, HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE AND A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE NUMBER 263872408. THE TRAINING FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE ORLANDO SANFORD AIRPORT ON MAY 1, 2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 1215 EDT.

## Other reports on N62166 (1)

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

- [Incident 19821008063059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821008063059I), Oct 8, 1982: Cessna 172 (N62166), Phoenix, AZ. Lost directional control and ran off runway. Crosswind exceeded pilot and aircraft capability.

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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