# Incident 20020919025189I: Cessna 172G, King City, CA, September 19, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2002, 16:00 local time
- Place: King City, CA
- Airport: Mesa Del Rey Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2286° N, 121.1213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MESA DEL REY (KIC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2286&lon=-121.1213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3790L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3790L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 222 total, 117 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020919025189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE IN NORMAL CRUISE FLIGHT AT 65% POWER, ABOUT 15 NM SOUTH OF KING CITY, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. I NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE COMPUTER INDICATED THAT NUMBER 3 CYLINDER EGT HAD DROPPED OFF SCALE. I EXECUTED THE ENGINE FAILURE CHECKLIST I BEGAN A SHALLOW 500 FPM CRUISE DESCENT TOWARD KING CITY MESA DEL REY (KIC) AIRPORT. MADE A NORMAL FLAP UP LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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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