# Incident 20120507009359I: Cessna 172P, Topeka, KS, May 7, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2012, 19:50 local time
- Place: Topeka, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0483° N, 95.6780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Topeka, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0483&lon=-95.6780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98492, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98492) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 70 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120507009359I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS ON A LOCAL VFR PLEASURE FLIGHT.  WHILE RETURNING TO THE TOPEKA BILLARD AIRPORT, THE PILOT STATED THE ENGINE LOST POWER.  HE PREPARED TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE WESTBOUND LANES OF HIGHWAY 24.  DURING THE DESCENT, HE STRUCK POWERLINES THAT CROSSED THE HIGHWAY.  TWO POWERLINES SEVERED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE BOTH UNINJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT REGAINED POWER AND WAS ABLE TO BE RETURNED TO THE TOPEKA BILLARD AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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