# Incident 20030107000929I: Cessna 172M, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, January 7, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2003, 13:42 local time
- Place: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1223° N, 80.1434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1223&lon=-80.1434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6631H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030107000929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 7, 2003, PILOT MARK J. MCAULEY AND FRIEND DEPARTED (KHWO) NORTH PERRY AIRPORT TO (KPMP) POMPANO AIR PARK APPROXIMATELY AT 1000 LOCAL, TWO HOURS INTO FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND NOTICED HIS RPM WAS DROPPING. HE DECIDED TO GET NEAR US27 FOR SAFETY REASONS. SEVERAL MINUTES LATER HE NOTICED ALSO THAT HIS ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE WAS EXCEEDING NORMAL OPERATING RANGE, HE DECIDED THEN TO SET THE AIRPLANE DOWN ON A DIRT ROAD NEXT TO US27. IT WAS A NORMAL LANDING WITH NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT/PROPERTY, NO INJURIES INVOLVED.

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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