# Incident 20071111831619I: Cessna 172P, Fort Lauderdal, FL, November 11, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2007, 10:47 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdal, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62281, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62281) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071111831619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON HIS RETURN TRIP DURING A CROSS COUNTRY TRAINING FLIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF AT 1500 FEET, THE PILOT STARTED TO EXPERIENCE A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. HE CONTACTED ATC AND WAS GIVEN CLEARANCE TO LAND. AS HE WAS TURNING TOWARDS THE RUNWAY THE ENGINE RAN EXTREMELY ROUGH THEN DIED. HE PERFORMED THE NECESSARY CHECKS FOR ENGINE OUT PROCEDURES, ESTABLISHED THE BEST GLIDE SPEED AND MADE A SAFE LANDING. ARI BEN AVIATOR MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND A CRACK IN THE #1 CYLINDER HEAD. THE DEFECTIVE CYLINDER WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A SERVICEABLE CYLINDER.

## Other reports on N62281 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20100718042699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100718042699I), Jul 18, 2010: Cessna 172P (N62281), Pahokee, FL, Minor damage. During landing flare airplane bounced and hit propeller tip.
- [Incident 19930910035989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930910035989I), Sep 10, 1993: Cessna 172P (N62281), Tulsa, OK. Student pilot on first solo flight. Lost control on landing. Veered left off runway. Stopped in water runoff ditch.

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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