# Incident 20050730018469I: Cessna 172, Yuma, AZ, July 30, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2005, 10:15 local time
- Place: Yuma, AZ
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7253° N, 114.6244° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yuma, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7253&lon=-114.6244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7949B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7949B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 998 total, 328 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050730018469I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT TOOK OFF FROM YUMA AND HEADED EAST. AT APPROX. 2700 FT (AGL) AND ONLY A FEW MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. THE PILOT THEN HEADED BACK TO YUMA, CONTACTED THE YUM-TOWER AND DECLARED AN "EMERGENCY". THERE WAS THEN A LOUD "THUD", SMOKE AROUND THE WINDSHIELD, AND THE PROPELLER STOPPED TURNING. THE PILOT REALIZED HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REACH THE AIRPORT SO HE ELECTED TO "DEAD-STICK" LAND ON ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE EMERGENCY LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL (AIRFRAME-WISE). THE PILOT CALLED PRESCOTT FLIGHT SERVICE AND GAVE THEM A GPS "FIX" ON HIS A/C. THE SHERIFF AND RESCUE PERSONNEL ARRIVED FROM YUMA. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THERE WAS NO POST-EVENT FIRE. THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE HAD "THROWN" THE #6 CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD THRU THE C/CASE (FWD, LH CYL.)

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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