# Incident 20110820020759I: Cessna 172C, Yeehaw Junction, FL, August 20, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2011, 19:10 local time
- Place: Yeehaw Junction, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7032° N, 80.8836° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yeehaw Junction, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7032&lon=-80.8836&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8370X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8370X-2018-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110820020759I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 20, 2011 AT 1910 EDT A CESSNA 172, N8370X REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE AN EMERGANCY LANDING ON THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE AT MILE MARKER 182  DUE TO SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE (ENGINE QUIT RUNNING).  VISUAL METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED WITH FLIGHT FOLLOWING.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.  THE FLIGHT ORIGNATED AT HERNANDO COUNTY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, BROOKSVILLE, FL (BKV) AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 EDT.

## Other reports on N8370X (1)

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

- [Accident 20150809013079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150809013079A), Aug 9, 2015: Cessna 172C (N8370X), Kissimmee, FL, Substantial damage. On August 9, 2015 [privacy data omitted], holder of student pilot certificate number [privacy data omitted] was conducting student pilot solo operations at…

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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