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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172F · Church Hill, MD · September 19, 2007

Date: September 19, 2007 · 17:15 local
Place: Church Hill, MD
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N8557U
Reported as: Cessna 172F
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 700 total0 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N8557URegistered now · Cessna 172FS/N 17252457 Airframe modelCessna 172F Engine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

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) The pilot privacy data omitted experienced a rough running engine in cruise flight. While preparing for an emergency landing, the engine quit completely. The pilot privacy data omitted then made a successful off-airport landing in a farmer's field. There was no damage/injury to either the aircraft or its occupant. Maintenance personnel later determined the engine problem to be caused by worn magnetos. They rebuilt the mags and the problems abated.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE IN CRUISE FLIGHT. WHILE PREPARING FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING, THE ENGINE QUIT COMPLETELY. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN MADE A SUCCESSFUL OFF-AIRPORT LANDING IN A FARMER'S FIELD. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE/INJURY TO EITHER THE AIRCRAFT OR ITS OCCUPANT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL LATER DETERMINED THE ENGINE PROBLEM TO BE CAUSED BY WORN MAGNETOS. THEY REBUILT THE MAGS AND THE PROBLEMS ABATED.