# Incident 20080726842979I: Cessna 172N, Unityville, PA, July 26, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2008
- Place: Unityville, PA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2331° N, 76.5158° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Unityville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2331&lon=-76.5158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3435E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3435E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 154 total, 40 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080726842979I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 26 JULY 2008, DURING CRUISE FLIGHT IN VMC, ON AN IFR FLIGHT AT 5000 FT MSL, AIRCRAFT DISPLAYED ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ANOMOLIES INDICATED BY THE GPS SHUTTING DOWN, FUEL GAUGES INDICATION AT OR NEAR ZERO (INCORRECT READING), NORDO WITH DISPLAYS FLICKERING INTENSITY AND THE TRANSPONDER NOT EFFECTING CHANGE WHEN DIALING DIFFERENT CODE (7600).  PILOT SELECTED A FIELD AND EXECUTED A POWER-ON EMERGENCY LANDING TO AN OPEN FIELD CONCERNED OF HIS FUEL STATUS CONSIDERING A POSSIBLE FUEL LEAK.  HE SELECTED FULL FLAPS AND THEY DID NOT EXTEND.  THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL.  AFTER LANDING, FLAPS WERE OBSERVED 'FULL DOWN'.  POST FLIGHT INSPECTION INDICATED THAT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OPERATED NORMALLY.

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