# Incident 20030406014949I: Cessna 172F, Deleon Springs, FL, April 6, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2003, 10:55 local time
- Place: Deleon Springs, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1172° N, 81.3516° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of De Leon Springs, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1172&lon=-81.3516&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7830U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7830U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 428 total, 428 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030406014949I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A FLIGHT FROM LAKELAND, FL TO LEXINGTON, SC THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A DROP IN RPM TO AROUND 1000, THIS WAS DUE TO THE MAGNETO GOING BAD INFLIGHT AND THE ENGINE BEING OUT OF TIMING. THE PILOT WAS FORCED TO LAND OFF AIRPORT AT A HORSE RACETRACK IN DELEON SPRINGS. DURING THE LANDING THE PILOT CAME IN SLIGHTLY FAST AND TOUCHED DOWN MIDWAY DOWN THE TRACK, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO RUN OFF THE END OF THE TRACK. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A CHAIN LINK FENCE AROUND A POOL. THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS SOME SCRATCHES IN THE PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT HAD PLENTY OF FUEL AND OIL AND WOULD NOT START ON THE GROUND.

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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