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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Charleston, WV · June 25, 2005

Date: June 25, 2005 · 16:47 local
Place: Charleston, WV
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N739WG
Reported as: Cessna 172N
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

N739WGRegistration cancelled Aug 9, 2005 · Cessna 172NS/N 17270860 Airframe modelCessna 172N

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) privacy data omitted Cessna, N739WG, was overflying Charleston, WV, enroute to montreal, quebec, Canada, when the engine lost power. Pilot contacted Charleston ATCT and was being vectored to yeager airport (crw), but did not have sufficient altitude. Pilot made an off-airport landing on interstate 77, at the 114 mile marker, causing no damage to the aircraft. Power loss was later identified to have been caused by faulty magneto.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CESSNA, N739WG, WAS OVERFLYING CHARLESTON, WV, ENROUTE TO MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA, WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER. PILOT CONTACTED CHARLESTON ATCT AND WAS BEING VECTORED TO YEAGER AIRPORT (CRW), BUT DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE. PILOT MADE AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING ON INTERSTATE 77, AT THE 114 MILE MARKER, CAUSING NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. POWER LOSS WAS LATER IDENTIFIED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY FAULTY MAGNETO.