# Accident 20030530013819A: Cessna 172N, Orangeburg, SC, May 30, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2003, 16:00 local time
- Place: Orangeburg, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4564° N, 80.8553° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4564&lon=-80.8553&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734AG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N734AG-2005-08-19) (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 O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 100 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030530013819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE IN FLIGHT. PARTIAL POWER WAS RESTORED AND PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO DEPARTING AIRPORT, ORANGEBURG MUNICIPLE, SC. ON FINAL THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, AND AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS CONDUCTED IN A CORN FIELD. AFTER LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL03LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA100), May 30, 2003: Cessna 172N (N734AG), Orangeburg, SC, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's continued operation of the airplane with known deficiencies in the equipment. Also causal was the other maintenance personnel's improper installation of the mixture control linkage bolt…

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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