# Incident 20041007027719I: Cessna 172N, Granite Bay, CA, October 7, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2004, 17:07 local time
- Place: Granite Bay, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7635° N, 121.1691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Granite Bay, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7635&lon=-121.1691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2280E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2280E-2011-01-31) (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: 1,600 total, 900 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041007027719I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10-07-2004, 1707 PDT, A CESSNA 172N (N2280E), EXECUTED A NON-EVENTFUL EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE FOLSOM LAKE PARKING LOT NEAR GRANITE BAY, CA. THE SOLE OCCUPANT/PILOT (PATRIK ERIKSSON 533067020) WAS 35 MINUTES INTO A POST-MAINTENANCE FLIGHT WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY. HE REDUCED POWER AND THE VIBRATION ONLY SLIGHTLY DECREASED. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND SELECTED THE LAKE'S PARKING LOT AS THE INITIAL LANDING SITE. THIS PARKING LOT IS VERY LARGE, AND THERE WAS AMPLE ROOM TO EXECUTE A SAFE LANDING. HE IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA AND DID NOT WISH TO CONTINUE THE FLIGHT OVER DENSELY POPULATED AREAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DISASSEMBLED AND TRUCKED FROM THE SITE. A MALFUNCTIONING LIFTER IN THE ENGINE WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE CAUSE.

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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