# Incident 20030223006329I: Cessna R172K, Taos, NM, February 23, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2003, 09:02 local time
- Place: Taos, NM
- Airport: Taos Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4517° N, 105.6731° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAOS RGNL (SKX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4517&lon=-105.6731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N758MH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N758MH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 151 total, 151 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030223006329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 23, 2003 AT 0902 MST, A CESSNA 172XP, N758MH, REGISTERED TO EDELWEISS HOLDINGS INC., LANDED IN A FIELD DUE TO LOSS OF POWER, 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE TAOS, NM AIRPORT (SKX) WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD NOT BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THE PILOT AND ONLY OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED 18 MINUTES EARLIER FROM THE TAOS, NM AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N758MH (1)

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

- [Incident 19880101006309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880101006309I), Jan 1, 1988: Cessna R172K (N758MH), Olympia, WA, Minor damage. Smoke in cabin on rollout. Fire near nose gear. Found a leaking gascolator drain cock. Pilot put fire out.

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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