# Incident 20030302006609I: Cessna 172N, Yerington, NV, March 2, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2003, 14:00 local time
- Place: Yerington, NV
- Airport: Yerington Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0054° N, 119.1565° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at YERINGTON MUNI (O43), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0054&lon=-119.1565&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734NJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N734NJ) (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 O320*
- Pilot flight hours: 255 total, 223 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030302006609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS PRIVATE PILOT ASEL, INSTRUMENT HAS NO PREVIOUS ACCIDENTS, INCIDENTS, OR VIOLATIONS ON HIS RECORD. HE WAS ENROUTE FROM RENO TO HIS HOME BASEOF NORTH LAS VEGAS (VGT) ON A SOLO COMMERCIAL CROSS COUNTRY TRAINING FLIGHT WHEN HIS ENGINE FAILED WITHOUT ANY PRIOR INDICATIONS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE REGIME, AND THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DEAD-STICKED THE A/C INTO YERINGTON, NV (O43). THE ENGINE FAILED IN UNUSUALLY HIGH HUMIDITY CO NDITIONS, AND WOULD NOT RESTART NOTWITHSTANDING THE APPLICATION OF CARBURETOR HEAT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART ON THE GROUND AT YERINGTON. THE A/C WAS TEST FLOWN IN THE LOCAL AREA THE NEXT DAY BY THE OWNER. SATISFIED THAT THE ENGINE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY, THE OWNER STARTED BACK TO NORTH LAS VEGAS. ON THE WAY THE ENGINE FAILED AGAIN, BUT RECOVERED WITH THE APPLICATION OF CARBURETOR HEAT. THE FLIGHT PROCEEDED THEN WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. WHEN IT ARRIVED AT HOME BASE, THE AIRCRAT WAS INSPECTED BY (OPERATOR) WEST AIR AVIATION MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, WITH NO DISCREPANCIES FOUND. DM COLE PROVIDED AIRCRAFT TIMES AND SAID, IN SUMMARY, THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                                         ^PRIVACY DA^ PILOT REMIREZ UNDERWENT "REFRESHER TRAINING" IN ENGINE FAILURE PROCEDURES WITH HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SUBSEQUENT TO THE EVENT. THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED WITHOUT FURTHER ACTION AGAINST EITHER THE PILOT OR THE OWNER/OPERATOR OF THE AIRCRAFT. RAMIREZ DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF IDENTIFYING A RUNWAY, AND LANDING THERE WITHOUT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT OWNER AND WESTAIR PERSONNEL TOOK REASONABLE PRECAUTIONS PRIOR TO FLYING THE AIRCRAFT FROM YERINGTON TO VGT.

## Other reports on N734NJ (1)

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

- [Accident 20230414005549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230414005549A), Apr 14, 2023: Cessna 172N (N734NJ), North Las Vegas, NV, Substantial damage. On April 14, 2023, at 1710 PDT, a Cessna 172N, [privacy data omitted], landed on runway 30R at the north Las Vegas airport (kvgt), North Las Vegas, NV. Just as…

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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