# Incident 20100718037979I: Cessna 172M, Houston, TX, July 18, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2010, 14:00 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N251RA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N251RA) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 400 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100718037979I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE WAS FLYING NORTHWEST HOUSTON PIPELINE PATROL AND BEGAN HAVING ENGINE PROBLEMS.  POWER REDUCED TO 2000 RPM AT FULL THROTTLE. STARTED LOSING OIL PRESSURE AND EGT DECREASED 300 DEGREES.  PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY WITH (KIAH) TOWER.  PILOT STATED IN HIS VICINITY WAS AN OPEN FIELD. THE TOWER OFFERED CLEARANCE TO LAND BUT THERE WAS A LARGE RAIN SHAFT BETWEEN ME AND THE AIRPORT.  PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN OPEN FIELD.  NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N251RA (1)

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

- [Incident 20120315003479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120315003479I), Mar 15, 2012: Cessna 172M (N251RA), Houston, TX, No damage. Pilot was enroute to next pipeline patrol. During cruise flight at 1,000' AGL, oil pressure was lost and engine stopped. Landing was made on park road 1836,…

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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