# Incident 20060621010739I: Cessna 172B, Anna, TX, June 21, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2006, 16:00 local time
- Place: Anna, TX
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3482° N, 96.5534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anna, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3482&lon=-96.5534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7876X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7876X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172B (registry code 2072406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 424 total, 424 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060621010739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSPECTOR'S STATEMENT: MY NAME IS ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ I AM EMPLOYED AS AN AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR BY THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, SOUTHWEST REGION, DALLAS FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE, DALLAS, TEXAS 75235. AS THE ACCIDENT STANDBY PERSON FOR THE OFFICE ON JUNE 21, 2006, I WAS CONTACTED BY THE REGIONAL COMM. CENTER AT 17:04 HOURS THAT AN AIRCRAFT HAD REPORTED TO DFW CONTROL THAT HE WAS HAVING ENGINE TROUBLE AND WAS DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. THE PILOT THEN REPORTED THAT HE WAS SAFELY ON THE GROUND. THE DFW CONTROL THEN CONTACTED THE REGIONAL COMM. CENTER. A LINK WAS MADE BETWEEN THE COMM. CENTER, MYSELF AND A SERGEANT ^PRIVACY^ OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY (DPS). SGT. ^PRIVACY^ STATED THAT AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED IN A FIELD NEAR COUNTY ROAD 218 OFF OF STATE ROAD 3356. I THEN LEFT MY RESIDENCE AT ABOUT 17:30 HOURS AND ARRIVED AT THE AIRCRAFT AT AROUND 19:10 HOURS. PERSONS AT THE SITE WERE TROOPER ^PRIVACY DATA O^ OF THE TEXAS HIGHWAY PATROL (DPS), THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OM^. ^PRIVACY DAT^ IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS THE OWNER/PILOT AND ^PRIVACY DA^ IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS A LOCAL MECHANIC THAT HAD RECENTLY WORKED ON THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCR AFT IS IDENTIFIED AS A CESSNA MODEL 172B, REGISTRATION #N7876X, SERIAL NUMBER 17248376. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT TO ME: I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH FUEL FLOW TO THE ENGINE AND HAD TAKEN IT TO ^PRIVACY DA^ IN SHERMAN, TEXAS TO HAVE IT WORKED ON. THE FUEL LINES, VENT LINES AND SELECTOR VALVE WERE BLOWN OUT AND FLUSHED. WE THOUGHT THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN SOLVED SO I TOOK THE AIRPLANE AND FLEW IN THE PATTERN AT SHERMAN DOING TOUCH AND GO'S FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES WITH NO PROBLEMS. I THEN STARTED TO RETURN TO MY HOME BASE WHICH IS DALLAS NORTH AIRPORT (F69). AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES OF FLYING, THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH SO I PUMPED THE THROTTLE A FEW TIMES. IT HELPED THE ENGINE SOME ONLY MOMENTARILY AND IT RAN ROUGH AGAIN. I THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LOCATED A GRASS FIELD AND EXECUTED AN APPROACH, TOUCHING DOWN ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY DOWN THE FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALMOST STOPPED WHEN IT WENT INTO A BARBED WIRE FENCE, STOPPING ABOUT 15 FEET PAST THE FENCE INTO A PLOWED FIELD. THE LOCAL OWNER USED HIS TRACTOR AND WE MOVED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE GRASS FIELD. NO VISIBLE DAMAGE OTHER THAN A FEW PAINT SCRATCHES WERE OBSERVED ON THE AIRCRAFT. I LOOKED THE AIRCRAFT OVER AND OBSERVED A FEW SCRATCHES IN THE PAINT ON THE RIGHT HAND STABILIZER AS THE ONLY PHYSICAL DAMAGE. ^PRIVACY DA^ THEN STARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND RAN IT FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES TO INCLUDE A MAXIMUM POWER RUN. THE AIRCRAFT RAN FINE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ AND ^PRIVACY DA^ BOTH STATED THAT THEY WOULD DO FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE PROBLEM BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT. I THEN RETURNED PROCESSION OF THE AIRCRAFT TO THE OWNER, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ AND DEPARTED THE SCENE. ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION WAS CALLED INTO THE SOUTHWEST COMM. CENTER AT 19:48 HOURS. I ARRIVED BACK AT MY RESIDENCE AT 21:30 HOURS.

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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