# Incident 20100904044979I: Cessna 172N, Madison, IN, September 4, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2010, 13:41 local time
- Place: Madison, IN
- Airport: Madison Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7599° N, 85.4647° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MADISON RGNL (IMS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7599&lon=-85.4647&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5100E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5100E) (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: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 198 total, 90 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100904044979I

## Narrative

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

PILOT NOTIFIED ATC THAT HE WAS LOSING ENGINE POWER AND ASKED FOR VECTORS TO CLOSEST AIRPORT.  ATC ATTEMPTED VECTORS FOR MADISON MUNICIPAL, IN (IMS).  PILOT ADVISED ATC HE WOULD NOT MAKE IT TO AIRPORT AND LANDED IN FIELD 4 MILES EAST OF IMS.  PILOT AND PASSENGER RECEIVED NO INJURIES AND AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N5100E (1)

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

- [Incident 20100906044539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100906044539I), Sep 6, 2010: Cessna 172N (N5100E), Lebanon, TN, Minor damage. Pilot left madison Indiana and ran out of fuel 9.4 miles north of Lebanon, TN airport M54. Made emergency landing in a hay field at 3714 canoe branch road,…

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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