# Incident 20020721021239I: Cessna 172N, Many, LA, July 21, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2002, 14:30 local time
- Place: Many, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.5661° N, 93.4772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Many, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5661&lon=-93.4772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737ES, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N737ES) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 247 total, 240 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020721021239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA, ENROUTE TO MANY, LOUISIANA. PILOT THEN LEFT MANY, LOUISIANA, ENROUTE TO ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA WHEN AT 3500 MSL, AIRCRAFT ENGINE SEIZED. PILOT PERFORMED ALL NECESSARY FUNCTION FOR A RESTART, NO RESTART, PILOT FOUND A FIELD AND LANDED AIRCRAFT WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING STRUT.

## Other reports on N737ES (1)

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

- [Incident 19780114003049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780114003049I), Jan 14, 1978: Cessna 172 (N737ES), Lafayette, LA, Minor damage. Non-certificated pilot damaged aircraft while landing during unauthorized pleasure flight.

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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