# Incident 20090729014569I: Cessna 172M, Venus, TX, July 29, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2009, 13:30 local time
- Place: Venus, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4052° N, 97.1044° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Venus, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4052&lon=-97.1044&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73357, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73357) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090729014569I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  THE CESSNA 172 (N73357) LOST POWER DURING AN INSTRUMENT TRAINING FLIGHT.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR MADE AN OFF FIELD LANDING IN A LARGE GRAIN FIELD.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  LOCATION: MAVERICK VOR (TTT)185R, 24.7 DME.

## Other reports on N73357 (1)

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

- [Accident 19951009046739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951009046739A), Oct 9, 1995: Cessna 172M (N73357), Houston, TX, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on takeoff roll. Exited runway and nosed up. Pilot reported he lost it looking at airspeed

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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