# Incident 20040902021349I: Cessna 172N, Fort Collins, CO, September 2, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2004, 09:45 local time
- Place: Fort Collins, CO
- Airport: Downtown Ft Collins Airpark
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5853° N, 105.0844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Collins, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5853&lon=-105.0844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N618MN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N618MN) (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*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 616 in this make and model, 143 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040902021349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2004 N618MN, CESSNA 172N MADE AN OFF FIELD LANDING 7 MILES NW OF 3V5, FORT COLLINS (WELD COUNTY ROAD 104 & 15) DUE TO PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE NUMBER FOUR CYLINDER EXHAUST PUSHROD BROKE. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED 3V5 ON A VFR TRAINING FLIGHT. AT APPROXIMATELY 7500 MSL THE ENGINE LOST 200 TO 300 RPM, THE PIC REDUCED POWER AND LANDED WITHOUT DAMAGE OR INJURIES. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE CYLINDER ASSEMBLY AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ON A DIRT ROAD.

## Other reports on N618MN (3)

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

- [Accident 20050202002039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050202002039A), Feb 2, 2005: Cessna 172N (N618MN), Fort Collins, CO, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft was touching down on runway 15 when aircraft bounced back into the air. Flight instructor called for a go-around, student pilot applied power…
- [Accident 19800427010519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800427010519A), Apr 27, 1980: Cessna 172 (N618MN), Boulder, CO, Substantial damage. Landed long. Ran off end of runway. Runway end lights not lighted.
- [Incident 19800312033459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800312033459I), Mar 12, 1980: Cessna 172N (N618MN), Ft Collins, CO, Minor damage. During training flight runup, instructor attempted to turn aircraft. A wind gust tipped the plane up on its nose.

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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