# Incident 20050625019549I: Cessna 172N, Charleston, WV, June 25, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2005, 16:47 local time
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3498° N, 81.6326° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charleston, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3498&lon=-81.6326&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739WG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N739WG-2005-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050625019549I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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