# Incident 20101031051559I: Cessna 172G, Elizabeth City, NC, October 31, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2010, 09:15 local time
- Place: Elizabeth City, NC
- Airport: Elizabeth City Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2942° N, 76.2381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elizabeth City, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2942&lon=-76.2381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3933L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3933L-2013-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 164 total, 105 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101031051559I

## Narrative

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

THE CE-172 ENGINE QUIT WHILE ON BASE LEG TO LAND AT ELIZABETH CITY AIRPORT (EGC). THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE PASQUOTANK RIVER, NEAR THE AIRPORT, WHEN HE REALIZED HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GLIDE TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.

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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