# Incident 20050423006039I: Cessna 172N, Duncanville, TX, April 23, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2005, 08:45 local time
- Place: Duncanville, TX
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: IUFS
- Location: 32.6459° N, 96.9139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Duncanville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6459&lon=-96.9139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4945D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4945D-2011-11-16) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 250 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050423006039I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 23, 2005 AT APPROXIMATELY 0845 HOURS, CESSNA CE-172N, N4945D, S/N 17272407, TOOK OFF FROM DALLAS EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (RBD) AND HAD CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET ALTITUDE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED TO RBD TOWER THAT HE HAD LOST ENGINE POWER AND WAS BEING FORCED TO LAND APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES WEST OF THE AIRPORT. THE TOWER TOLD HIM TO TRY TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT BUT THE PILOT SAID THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO MAKE IT BACK AND WAS GOING TO LAND THERE. THE PILOT THEN TURNED IN TO A NORTHERLY HEADING LINING UP ON A SECTION OF EMPTY FIELD PARALLEL TO AND JUST WEST OF NORTH MAIN STREET IN DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS. THE AUTOMOBILES ON THE STREET SAW THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN TROUBLE AND STOPPED TO ALLOW THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND. THE PILOT SAW THIS AND DECIDED TO LAND ON THE STREET INSTEAD. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON NORTH MAIN STREET WITHOUT CAUSING ANY DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY AND WITHOUT ANY INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED WITHOUT POWER INTO A PARKING LOT AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^   AND STOPPED.

## Other reports on N4945D (3)

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

- [Incident 20000404018639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000404018639I), Apr 4, 2000: Cessna 172N (N4945D), College Station, TX. (-23)Student pilot lost directional control after landing and ran off runway into grass. This was the student pilots first supervised solo flight. [privacy…
- [Incident 19940209004709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940209004709I), Feb 9, 1994: Cessna 172N (N4945D), Tallahassee, FL, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot was attempting a landing at night. The landing light failed to illuminate when turned on which required the pilot to make a landing without…
- [Incident 19921006052799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921006052799I), Oct 6, 1992: Cessna 172N (N4945D), Bainbridge, GA, Minor damage. Pilot made a hard landing. Executed a go around. Landed safely on second attempt. Wrinkle in firewall.

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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