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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172L · Culpepper, VA · June 1, 2002

Date
June 1, 2002 · 12:50 local
Place
Culpepper, VA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N7055Q
Reported as
Cessna 172L
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total600 in this make and model114 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) During an instructional flight the engine lost power. An emergency landing was made in a field approximately 5 miles south of Culpepper, VA airport (kcjr). It was discovered that the throttle linkage had become disconnected.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT THE ENGINE LOST POWER. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES SOUTH OF CULPEPPER, VA AIRPORT (KCJR). IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE THROTTLE LINKAGE HAD BECOME DISCONNECTED.