# Incident 20090703047669I: Cessna 172M, Pensacola, FL, July 3, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2009, 11:45 local time
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4410° N, 87.1912° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pensacola, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4410&lon=-87.1912&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13016, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13016-2010-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 79 total, 33 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090703047669I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DAVID MCCARTNEY STATED WHILE AT CRUISE OVER LILLIAN BAY AT 115KTS AND APPROXIMATELY 700 FOOT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE SPUTTERED.   HE STATED THAT HE ADDED POWER TO CLEAR THE MAGNETOS.  THE SPUTTER INCREASED REGARDLESS OF THE POWER SETTING.  HE DECIDED THAT HE COULD NOT MAKE THE AIRFIELD WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING AND ELECTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING.  HE RADIOED THE FERGUSON AIRPORT AND INFORMED THEM OF HIS SITUATION AND DECISION.  HE PICKED AN OPEN FIELD AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO DAMAGE.

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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