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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna P172D · Ft Collins, CO · March 9, 2004

Date: March 9, 2004 · 12:15 local
Place: Ft Collins, CO
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8539X
Reported as: Cessna P172D
Reported engine: Lycoming O360*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,650 total625 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N8539XRegistered now · Cessna P172DS/N P17257139 · Built 1962 Airframe modelCessna P172D Engine modelContinental GO-300 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On March 9, 2004 at approximately 1215 MST, N8539X, a Cessna model 172 experienced an in-flight engine failure. The aircraft was landed in a field and sustained minor damage. The commercial pilot was not injured. No passengers were onboard this FAR part 91 local flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The aircraft sustained no other damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MARCH 9, 2004 AT APPROXIMATELY 1215 MST, N8539X, A CESSNA MODEL 172 EXPERIENCED AN IN-FLIGHT ENGINE FAILURE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED IN A FIELD AND SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. NO PASSENGERS WERE ONBOARD THIS FAR PART 91 LOCAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO OTHER DAMAGE.