# Incident 20030915024789I: Cessna 172C, Carrollton, GA, September 15, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2003, 13:55 local time
- Place: Carrollton, GA
- Airport: West Georgia Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5818° N, 85.0833° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carrollton, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5818&lon=-85.0833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1584Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1584Y-2004-03-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 500 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030915024789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOTS STATEMENT: DEPARTED CTJ AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 EDT. LOCAL FLIGHT FOR EAA YOUNG EAGLES. PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS. APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES EAST OF CTJ THE ENGINE LOST POWER. I WAS AT 2000 FEET MSL. APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET UGL. I TRIED CARB HEAT TO NO AVAIL. I PUMPED THE THROTTLE AND I GOT SOME ENGINE RESPONSE. I LOCATED A PASTURE AND I LANDED. THE AIRPLANE HIT THE PASTURE FENCE AND STOPPED. NO INJURIES TO ANY PASSENGERS. FAA: AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN A PASTURE APPROXIMATELY 450 FEET FROM WHERE IT CAME TO A STOP IN THE PASTURE FENCE. FROM TOUCH DOWN TO STOPPING POINT WAS ALL UP HILL. LEFT WING MINOR IMPACT DAMAGE 2 PLACES, MINOR PROP DAMAGE, NOSE BULLET HAS A HOLE IN THE FIBERGLASS. CONVERSATION WITH NTSB, AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED TO THE OWNER AND INSURANCE COMPANY. SCHEDULED FAA OBSERVED ENGINE RUN FRIDAY, 9/19/2003.

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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