# Incident 20110423007089I: Cessna 172, Woodland, CA, April 23, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2011, 14:21 local time
- Place: Woodland, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6715° N, 121.7505° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Woodland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6715&lon=-121.7505&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7036A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7036A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,692 total, 800 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110423007089I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS DEPARTING THE WOODLAND WATTS AIRPORT (O41).  PILOT REPORTED HIS ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH.  PILOT MADE A 180 DEGREE TURN TO RETURN TO AIRPORT.  WHEN PILOT SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE, HE SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN.  THE PILOT MADE A SUCCESSFUL OFF AIRPORT LANDING WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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